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IN-03 ยท Indiana

Indiana's 3rd district: 2026 House race

Indiana's 3rd district has no incumbent running. Marlin Stutzman leads in reported fundraising with $959K. Forecasters rate it Safe R.

2candidates in the race
$1.3Mraised by candidates in the race
Openno incumbent filed
Safe Rforecaster consensus
Candidates and money2 on file
Candidates
CandidatePartyStatusRaisedSpentCash
Marlin StutzmanREPChallenger$959K$912K$96K
Kelly ThompsonDEMChallenger$309K$205K$104K

Ballot status: nominees as listed on Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA), matched to FEC records by name.

Reported Source: FEC, through each candidate's latest filing. Open this race on FEC.gov

Forecasts and ratingsnational odds + who rates this race

Consensus (median of 4): Safe R Estimate

Forecaster ratings
ForecasterRatingDate listedNote
Cook Political ReportSafe R2025-02-06dated
Inside ElectionsSafe R2025-03-07dated
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe R2025-07-15dated
Decision Desk HQSafe R2026-07-14dated

Ratings are each publisher's own, compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). The date is the one listed there; a rater may have changed its call since, and “dated” means more than 45 days old. Open the forecaster for its current rating.

No Polymarket market was found for this race.

Open each forecaster for its current rating and method.

National picture: Democrats 90.5% to control the House on Polymarket Estimate. See all forecasts.

Last time (2024)R +33.6

Marlin Stutzman won by 33.6 points, with 311,539 votes counted.

2024 result
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Marlin StutzmanRepublican202,65365.0%
Kiley AdolphDemocratic97,87131.4%
Jarrad LancasterLibertarian11,0153.5%

Reported Results as compiled in Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), top three shown. Under the district lines used in 2024.

Who lives hereCensus survey data
District portrait
MeasureValue
Population762,957
Median age37.5
Median household income$70,696 ±$758
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree or more25.5%
White, not Hispanic80.3%
Black, not Hispanic5.6%
Asian, not Hispanic2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)7.0%
Homes lived in by their owners74.0%
People below the poverty line11.3%
Born outside the U.S.5.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020-2024 5-year estimates, district lines of the 119th Congress, fetched 2026-10-15. These are survey estimates with margins of error; the Bureau publishes the error for each figure.

Public attention in this race1 candidate with an article
Attention
CandidatePartyViews, 30 daysShare
Marlin StutzmanREP3,555100%

Reported English Wikipedia page views, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13. Only candidates with an article are counted; views show curiosity, not support.

Data on this page5/6 complete
Data coverage
DataStatusDetail
NomineesHave itlisted on Wikipedia, matched to FEC
Campaign financeHave itFEC filings through 09/30/2026
Forecaster ratingsHave it4 forecasters
Prediction marketMissingno market found
2024 resultHave itsame district lines
Financial disclosuresHave it2 of 2 candidates read

So you can see what we have and what we do not. Missing is never treated as zero.

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