Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Charles Bookwalter

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Indiana District 4
Filing address
Thorntown, IN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BOOKWALTER, CHARLES
Next election
Primary May 7, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Indiana with the 2024 district highlighted

Indiana, District 4

RepublicanU.S. House · Indiana District 4ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2IN04168 · Principal campaign committee: BOOKWALTER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · Indiana District 4$181,148.64Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. House · Indiana District 4$8,480.00Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$181,148.64
Total spent$155,005.84
Cash on hand$27,648.79
Debts owed by the campaign$50,000.00
Loans from the candidate$60,000.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through October 3, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $115,798.64Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $65,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $350.00
  • Individual contributions$115,798.6464%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$65,000.0036%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$350.000%

Self-funding: $65,000.00 (36% of money raised): $5,000.00 given and $60,000.00 lent by the candidate. $10,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

Indiana U.S. House, District 4, 2024 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Charles Bookwalter (R)$181,148.64$27,648.792024-10-03
James R Baird (R)$618,942.74$214,609.732024-12-31
Craig Haggard (R)$95,982.05$60,642.422024-12-31
Rimpi Kaur Girn (D)$42,164.20$1,444.142024-03-31
Derrick Ross Holder (D)$8,116.13$3,247.912024-10-16

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe RJune 8, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: BOOKWALTER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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