The 2026 midterm elections took place nationwide on Nov. 3, with the majority of Indiana poll locations closing at 6 pm.
Among the most important elections on Indiana’s midterm ballot this year was the race for secretary of state. Democratic candidate Beau Bayh assumed the position over Republican candidate Max Engling. This result overturned the Republican hold on the office that has lasted since the last Democratic victory in 2012. The state’s nine seats of the 435 in the U.S. House of Representatives were also elected during this period.
Midterms are elections that occur halfway through each presidential election cycle and allow voters to elect those who influence which political party controls the Senate and House of Representatives. This year, no Senate seats for Indiana were up for election, though nationwide, the Democratic Party won control.
Results
Indiana Secretary of State: Beau Bayh
Indiana’s Secretary of State is responsible for upholding the state’s constitution and managing records according to the Indiana Constitution.
As part of Bayh’s campaign for the office, he vowed to fight corrupt spending within the secretary of state’s office and bridge partisan divides.
House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives makes up one of the two chambers of Congress along with the Senate, and is responsible for making and voting on laws. Indiana is broken up into nine districts, each of which elects a representative for a seat in the House.
District one elected Democratic candidate Frank J. Mrvan.
District two elected Republican candidate Rudy Yakym.
District three elected Republican candidate Marlin A. Stutzman.
District four elected Republican candidate Jim Baird.
District five elected Democratic candidate J.D. Ford, flipping the seat in a major upset for the district.
District six elected Republican candidate Jefferson Shreve.
District seven — which includes most of Indianapolis —elected Democratic candidate André Carson.
District eight elected Republican candidate Mark Messmer.
District nine elected Republican candidate Erin Houchin.