Elections for all 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives will take place on November 8, 2022. State house primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 71-29 majority heading into the election.

This article details the five most and least expensive contested primary elections in the House of Representatives. In the 2022 election cycle, 41 of 85 Republican primaries and 5 of 57 Democratic primaries are contested.

This information comes from candidate reports to the Indiana Secretary of State covering the period of January 1, 2021, through April 8, 2022.

Five primary elections with the most fundraising

#1 District 93 – $604,387

Incumbent John Jacob (R) raised $43,939 and Julie McGuire (R) raised $560,448.

#2 District 22 – $391,010

Incumbent Curt Nisly (R) raised $58,737 and Incumbent Craig Snow (R) raised $332,273.

#3 District 81 – $283,023

Incumbent Martin Carbaugh (R) raised $252,100 and David Mervar (R) raised $30,923.

#4 District 50 – $273,855

Incumbent Daniel Leonard (R) raised $246,415 and Lorissa Sweet (R) raised $27,440.

#5 District 16 – $222,285

Kendell Culp (R) raised $142,027, Bryan Washburn (R) raised $64,633, and Barbara Neihouser (R) raised $15,625.

Five primary elections with the least fundraising

#1 District 88 – $168

Craig Hirsty (D) raised $168 and Donna Griffin (D) raised $0.

#2 District 27 – $510

Tim Radice (R) raised $510 and James Hass (R) raised $0.

#3 District 28 – $2,352

Eric Shotwell (D) raised $2,352 and John Futrell (D) raised $0.

#4 District 33 – $4,411

Incumbent John Prescott (R) raised $0 and Brittany Kloer (R) raised $4,411.

#5 District 51 – $5,529

Michael Travis (D) raised $5,199 and Jestin Coler (D) raised $330.

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Indiana PACs submitted to the Indiana Secretary of State. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

Report Name	Report Due Date
2022 Jan Semiannual	1/19/2022
2022 Statewide Quarterly/Semiannual	7/15/2022
2022 Pre-Election	10/17/2022
2022 Statewide Quarterly	11/1/2022
2022 Annual Report	1/18/2023

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.

*This article includes corrections to the “Five primary elections with the least fundraising” section. The original publication incorrectly listed Indiana House District 21 as #3.