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U.S. House, District 9: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Erin Houchin

Erin Houchin

U.S. House · Indiana District 9

NationalRepublican

Candidate
Brad A. Meyer

Brad A. Meyer

Running for U.S. House · Indiana District 9

NationalDemocrat

Erin HouchinCurrent repBrad A. MeyerChallenger

Job fit

Erin Houchin

Offices held

  • Erin represented the 47th District in the Indiana Senate for eight years 1

Education

  • her Master’s degree in Political Management from the George Washington University. 1

Brad A. Meyer

Other work

  • I was hired as a Navy civilian engineer and spent nine years working in electromagnetic warfare 2

Education

  • We attended Purdue together. I studied electronics engineering 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Erin Houchin

No stated positions on file yet.

Brad A. Meyer

  • Health care costs
    Medicare for All is a proven solution. By building on programs like Medicare, we can guarantee coverage for every resident, end medical bankruptcies, and free people to choose their doctor. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Raise the federal minimum wage to twenty dollars per hour... Expand overtime protections to cover salaried workers earning under $100,000 so workers are finally compensated for the hours they work. 4
  • Guns
    Support gun safety policies that have wide support, including: universal background checks, red-flag laws, and preventing gun purchases by individuals on terrorist watch lists. 4
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How they voted on top issues

Erin Houchin

  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (10 of 10 votes) 5
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5

Brad A. Meyer

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Erin Houchin

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$23Klarge donors$320Kcompanies$457Kindustryassociations$274Kotherpoliticians$81KOther kinds ofdonors$163K$1.4M raised
$23,0176Small individual donors
$319,6896Large individual donors

Brad A. Meyer

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donors
small donors$21Klarge donors$73K$94K raised
$21,4877Small individual donors
$72,6817Large individual donors

Checks

Erin Houchin

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

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Brad A. Meyer

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Erin Houchin — house biography · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  2. Leading the Fight — Brad Meyer · checked 2026-10-20 used in: Experience
  3. bradmeyer.org used in: Top issues
  4. bradmeyer.org used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Brad A. Meyer
Candidate A

Brad A. Meyer

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $94K raised, 77% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more rules on who can buy guns.

Sources

1 Background: Leading the Fight — Brad Meyer · checked 2026-10-20

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more rules on who can buy guns: Candidate statement

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Erin Houchin
Candidate B

Erin Houchin

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $1.4M raised, 23% from large donors, 75% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,041,092.97 (75% of $1,384,830.03 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $974,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: Erin Houchin — house biography · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Tonya L. Hudson
Candidate C

Tonya L. Hudson

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Tonya L. Hudson — campaign about · checked 2026-10-15

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