Indiana's 6th congressional district

Indiana's 6th congressional district
Indianapolis
Area	5,550.4 sq mi (14,375 km2)
Distribution	59.23% urban 40.77% rural
Population (2023)	764,477
Median household income	$76,145[1]
Ethnicity	81.0% White 5.3% Hispanic 5.3% Asian 4.0% Black 3.9% Two or more races 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+16[2]

Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The district takes in a portion of eastern and central Indiana as of the 2020 census, including Columbus and Richmond, some of Cincinnati's Indiana suburbs, most of Indianapolis's southern suburbs, and a sliver of Indianapolis itself.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jefferson Shreve, who was elected in 2024 after the retirement of Greg Pence, the brother of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who represented this district before serving as Governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States.

Year	Office	Results[3][4]
2008	President	McCain 57% - 42%
2012	President	Romney 65% - 35%
2016	President	Trump 65% - 28%
	Senate	Young 60% - 33%
	Governor	Holcomb 59% - 37%
	Attorney General	Hill 72% - 28%
2018	Senate	Braun 60% - 36%
2020	President	Trump 65% - 33%
	Governor	Holcomb 60% - 24%
	Attorney General	Rokita 67% - 33%
2022	Senate	Young 64% - 31%
2024	President	Trump 65% - 33%

#	County	Seat	Population
5	Bartholomew	Columbus	83,540
41	Fayette	Connersville	23,349
59	Hancock	Greenfield	83,070
65	Henry	New Castle	48,915
81	Johnson	Franklin	165,782
97	Marion	Indianapolis	969,466
135	Randolph	Winchester	24,437
139	Rush	Rushville	16,673
145	Shelby	Shelbyville	44,991
161	Union	Liberty	6,952
177	Wayne	Richmond	66,273

• Indianapolis – 887,642
• Greenwood – 63,830
• Columbus – 50,474
• Richmond – 35,720
• Franklin – 25,313
• Greenfield – 23,488
• Shelbyville – 20,067
• New Castle – 17,396
• Beech Grove – 14,717
• Connersville – 13,324

• Bargersville – 9,560
• McCordsville – 8,592
• Rushville – 6,208
• New Whiteland – 5,550
• Cumberland – 5,954
• Fortville – 4,784
• Whiteland – 4,599
• Edinburgh – 4,435
• Centerville – 2,748
• New Palestine – 2,744

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Indianapolis )	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – November 26, 1836	23rd 24th	Re-elected in 1835 . Died.
Vacant		November 26, 1836 – January 25, 1837	24th
William Herod (Columbus)	Anti-Jacksonian	January 25, 1837 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Re-elected in 1837 . Lost re-election.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Indianapolis )	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839 . Retired.
Indianapolis )	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election.
John W. Davis (Carlisle)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Re-elected in 1845 . Retired.
George G. Dunn (Bedford )	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847.[a] Retired.
Willis A. Gorman (Bloomington)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Re-elected in 1851 . Retired.
Thomas A. Hendricks (Shelbyville)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the re-elected in 1852 . Lost re-election.
Indianapolis )	People's	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854 . Retired.
James M. Gregg (Danville)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856 . Retired.
Indianapolis )	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Re-elected in 1860 . Renominated but declined to run.
Indianapolis )	Union	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th	Re-elected in 1864 . Retired.
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Indianapolis )	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. Redistricted to the 5th district .
Daniel W. Voorhees (Terre Haute)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Re-elected in 1870 . Lost re-election.
Morton C. Hunter (Bloomington)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 8th district .
Milton S. Robinson (Anderson)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Re-elected in 1876 . Retired.
William R. Myers (Anderson)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election to Orth.
Thomas M. Browne (Winchester)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1891	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1888 . Retired.
Henry U. Johnson (Richmond)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1899	52nd 53rd 54th 55th	Re-elected in 1896 . Retired.
James E. Watson (Rushville )	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1909	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Re-elected in 1906. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana .
Newcastle )	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	Elected in 1908 . Lost re-election.
Finly H. Gray (Connersville )	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th	Re-elected in 1914 . Lost re-election.
Daniel W. Comstock (Richmond)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – May 19, 1917	65th	Elected in 1916 . Died.
Vacant		May 19, 1917 – June 29, 1917	65th
Richard N. Elliott (Connersville)	Republican	June 29, 1917 – March 3, 1931	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Re-elected in 1928 . Lost re-election.
William Larrabee (New Palestine )	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 11th district .
Virginia E. Jenckes (Terre Haute)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Re-elected in 1936 . Lost re-election.
Noble J. Johnson (Terre Haute)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 1, 1948	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Re-elected in 1946. Resigned to become judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals .
Vacant		July 1, 1948 – January 3, 1949	80th
Cecil M. Harden (Covington)	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Re-elected in 1956 . Lost re-election.
Fred Wampler (Terre Haute )	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958 . Lost re-election.
Richard L. Roudebush (Noblesville)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1967	87th 88th 89th	Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 10th district .
William G. Bray (Martinsville)	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1972 . Lost re-election.
Indianapolis )	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 10th district and lost renomination.
Indianapolis )	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 5th district .
Mike Pence (Columbus)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
Luke Messer (Greensburg)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Greg Pence (Columbus)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retired.
Jefferson Shreve (Indianapolis)	Republican	January 3, 2025– present	119th	Elected in 2024.

#	County	Seat	Population
41	Fayette	Connersville	23,360
59	Hancock	Greenfield	81,789
65	Henry	New Castle	48,935
81	Johnson	Franklin	164,298
139	Rush	Rushville	16,672
145	Shelby	Shelbyville	45,039
161	Union	Liberty	7,047
177	Wayne	Richmond	66,456

As of 2023, Indiana's 6th congressional district is located in eastern and Central Indiana. It includes Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush, Shelby, Union, and Wayne counties, and parts of Bartholomew, Marion, and Randolph counties.

Bartholomew County is split between this district and the

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Marion County is split between this district and the

Townships.

Several eastern and southern Indianapolis suburbs, including Greenwood, Franklin, and Greenfield, are also in the 6th district.

Randolph County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Indiana State Rt 32. The 6th district takes in the four townships of Greensfork, Stoney Creek, Union, and Washington, as well as half of White River and Wayne townships.

Cities in the district with more than 10,000 residents as of the

.

• Indianapolis
  (portion in 6th district) – 208,675
• Greenwood – 63,830
• Columbus – 50,474
• Richmond – 35,720
• Franklin – 25,313
• Greenfield – 23,488
• Shelbyville – 20,067
• New Castle – 17,396
• Beech Grove – 14,192
• Connersville – 13,481

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence	118,436	63.79
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	63,871	34.40
	Libertarian	Doris Robertson	3,346	1.80
Total votes			185,653	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	182,529	67.09
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	85,123	31.29
	Libertarian	Chad (Wick) Roots	4,397	1.62
Total votes			272,049	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	115,266	60.01
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	76,812	39.99
Total votes			192,078	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	180,549	63.96
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	94,223	33.38
	Libertarian	George T. Holland	7,534	2.67
Total votes			282,306	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	126,027	66.57
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	56,647	29.92
	Libertarian	Talmage "T.J." Thompson Jr.	6,635	3.51
Total votes			189,309	100.00
Turnout				41
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer	162,613	59.08
	Democratic	Brad Bookout	96,678	35.12
	Libertarian	Rex Bell	15,962	5.80
Total votes			275,253	100.00
Turnout				57
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	102,187	65.90
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	45,509	29.35
	Libertarian	Eric Miller	7,375	4.76
Total votes			155,071	100.00
Turnout				32
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	204,920	69.14
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	79,135	26.70
	Libertarian	Rich Turvey	12,330	4.16
Total votes			296,385	100.00
Turnout				59
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence	154,260	63.8
	Democratic	Jeannine Lee Lake	79,430	32.9
	Libertarian	Tom Ferkinhoff	8,030	3.3
	Independent	John Miller (write-in)	5	0.0
	Independent	Heather Leigh Meloy (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			241,726	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2020^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence (incumbent)	225,318	68.6
	Democratic	Jeannine Lake	91,103	27.8
	Libertarian	Tom Ferkinhoff	11,791	3.6
Total votes			328,212	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence (incumbent)	130,686	67.5
	Democratic	Cinde Wirth	62,838	32.5
Total votes			193,524	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jefferson Shreve	201,357	63.9
	Democratic	Cynthia Wirth	99,841	31.1
	Libertarian	James Sceniak	13,711	4.4
Total votes			314,909	100.0
	Republican hold

• Indiana's congressional districts
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References

1. ^ "My Congressional District".
2. ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
3. ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::c08c9df0-9756-4c5a-a7e7-01ff03bbb170
4. ^ Indiana Senate Results by CD. docs.google.com (Report).
5. ^ "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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