Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Mark B. Messmer

Official portrait of Mark B. Messmer
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Indiana’s 8th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Jasper, IN
Born
1967
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MESSMER, MARK MR.
Next election
Primary May 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Indiana with the current district highlighted

Indiana, District 8

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Indiana District 8IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4IN08249 · Principal campaign committee: MESSMER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Indiana District 8$1,424,576.78General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Indiana District 8$1,545,283.84Won the general election (29.5%)
Total raised$1,424,576.78
Total spent$1,080,776.56
Cash on hand$550,906.09
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $308,509.49PACs and other committees: $547,875.34Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $3,500.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $564,161.65Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $530.30
  • Individual contributions$308,509.4922%
  • PACs and other committees$547,875.3438%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,500.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$564,161.6540%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$530.300%

Self-funding: $3,500.00 (0% of money raised): $3,500.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$8,686.591%
  • Contributions over $200$787,979.3399%
  • Itemized from inside Indiana$665,788.7784%
  • Itemized from other states$124,460.0416%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $31,703.00 · Illinois $21,300.00 · Virginia $17,270.51 · Maryland $11,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$763K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $170,033.83APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $74,345.17JULY QUARTERLY: raised $209,800.25JULY QUARTERLY: spent $85,292.76OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $184,051.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $64,377.55YEAR-END: raised $137,505.88YEAR-END: spent $140,471.80APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $217,253.20APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $115,819.84PRE-PRIMARY: raised $24,538.91PRE-PRIMARY: spent $98,050.44JULY QUARTERLY: raised $228,182.94JULY QUARTERLY: spent $86,614.06OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $225,080.12OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $175,228.782025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea514
Voted nay147
Did not vote13 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored17
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored229

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10577 To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9859 Ethical Investigations and Integrity Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9128 CFTC Protection of Information and Data Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 3, 2026 · Latest action Jun 15, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  • H.R. 8181 Critical Industry Skills Act
    Introduced Apr 2, 2026 · Latest action Apr 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 7720 Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Latest action Apr 6, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.
  • H.R. 7547 DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
    Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Latest action Jun 15, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • H.R. 7469 SNAP Online Access Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 10, 2026 · Latest action Mar 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • H.R. 7264 Restoring America’s Floodplains Act
    Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Latest action Mar 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • H.R. 6657 Restaurant Meals Program Reform Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Latest action Jan 13, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • H.R. 6466 Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
    Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Latest action Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

167 committees reported giving $493,744.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 167 committees

The race

Indiana U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mark Messmer (R)$1,424,576.78$550,906.092026-10-14
Mary Theresa Allen (D)$493,068.23$107,507.052026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana (retrieved October 22, 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: MESSMER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.

Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy