Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Thomas 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, THOMAS CHARLES
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Indiana with the 2022 district highlighted

Indiana, District 4

RepublicanU.S. House · Indiana District 4ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

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$8,480.00
Total spent$6,974.01
Cash on hand$1,505.99
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $7,855.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $625.00
  • Individual contributions$7,855.0093%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$625.007%

Self-funding: $625.00 (7% of money raised): $625.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

Indiana U.S. House, District 4, 2022 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Thomas Charles Bookwalter (R)$8,480.00$1,505.992022-12-31
James R Baird (R)$434,679.53$340,742.152022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid ROctober 5, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsSolid ROctober 13, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe ROctober 5, 2021
  • PoliticoSolid RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • FiveThirtyEightSolid RJuly 6, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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 FEC candidate file.

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