John Meyer (Indiana)

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John Meyer

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 8, 2018

John Meyer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 8, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Peter Visclosky defeated Mark Leyva in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Visclosky (D)	65.1	159,611
		Mark Leyva (R)	34.9	85,594
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 245,209 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Peter Visclosky defeated Antonio Daggett Sr. and Larry Chubb in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Visclosky	80.5	42,269
		Antonio Daggett Sr.	11.1	5,813
		Larry Chubb	8.4	4,406

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 52,488
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Leyva	27.0	5,960
	Submit photo	John Meyer	19.6	4,328
		Roseann Ivanovich	19.6	4,318
	Submit photo	Nicholas Pappas	19.5	4,311
	Submit photo	David Dopp	7.6	1,680
	Submit photo	Jeremy Belko	6.7	1,486

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,083
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2016

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Peter Visclosky (D) defeated John Meyer (R) and Donna Dunn (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Visclosky defeated Willie Brown in the Democratic primary on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Visclosky Incumbent	81.5%	207,515
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	18.5%	47,051
	N/A	Write-in	0%	17
Total Votes				254,583
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Peter Visclosky Incumbent	80%	77,095
Willie Brown	20%	19,315
Total Votes		96,410
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

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See also

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• United States House of Representatives
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District

Footnotes

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Indiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jim Banks (R)

Todd Young (R)

Representatives

District 1

Frank Mrvan (D)

District 2

Rudy Yakym (R)

District 3

Marlin Stutzman (R)

District 4

Jim Baird (R)

District 5

Victoria Spartz (R)

District 6

Jefferson Shreve (R)

District 7

André Carson (D)

District 8

Mark Messmer (R)

District 9

Erin Houchin (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)