Indiana's 4th congressional district

Indiana's 4th congressional district
	Indiana's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Jim Baird; R–Greencastle
Area	4,016.44 sq mi (10,402.5 km2)
Distribution	68.17% urban; 31.83% rural;
Population (2018 est.)	768,025
Median income	$59,033[1]
Ethnicity	84% white[2]; 6% Hispanic; 4% black; 3% Asian; 2% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+17[3]

Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. From 2003 to 2013 the district was based primarily in the central part of the state, and consisted of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, and White counties. The district surrounded Indianapolis including the suburban area of Greenwood and encompassed the more exurban areas of Crawfordsville and Bedford, as well as the college town of Lafayette-West Lafayette.

From the 2012 redistricting, the district shifted slightly north and west to include the Illinois border, while losing the eastern Indianapolis suburbs. It currently includes Crawfordsville, Lafayette, the western Indianapolis suburbs, and portions of Kokomo.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Baird, who succeeded Todd Rokita, who vacated his House seat to run for the Indiana U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Joe Donnelly, losing the Republican nomination to eventual senator Mike Braun.[4] Baird was elected on November 6th.

Geography

Prior to the 2000 U.S. Census, most of the territory currently in the 4th Congressional District was located in the 7th Congressional District; the old 4th Congressional District was the Fort Wayne district, which is now the 3rd Congressional District.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 66% - Al Gore 32%
2004	President	George W. Bush 69% - John Kerry 30%
2008	President	John McCain 54.2% - Barack Obama 44.6%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 61% - Barack Obama 37%
2016	President	Donald Trump 64.3% - Hillary Clinton 30.2%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1833
Amos Lane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
George H. Dunn	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
James H. Cravens	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Caleb Smith	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]
George Julian	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.
James H. Lane	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
William Cumback	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
James B. Foley	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865	36th 37th 38th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. Farquhar	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Redistricted from the 5th district. [data unknown/missing]
Jeremiah M. Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Jeptha D. New	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Leonidas Sexton	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Jeptha D. New	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1895	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
James E. Watson	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897	55th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 22, 1897 – December 6, 1897	55th
Francis M. Griffith	Democratic	December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected to finish Holman's term. [data unknown/missing]
Lincoln Dixon	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
John S. Benham	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
Harry C. Canfield	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
James I. Farley	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Gillie	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward H. Kruse	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing]
E. Ross Adair	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Dan Quayle	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981	95th 96th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Dan Coats	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989	97th 98th 99th 100th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Jill Long	Democratic	March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995	101st 102nd 103rd	Elected to finish Coats's term. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election.
Mark Souder	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	108th 109th 110th 111th	Redistricted from the 5th district. [data unknown/missing]
Todd Rokita	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019	112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for the U.S. senator.
Jim Baird	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th	Elected in 2018.

Election results

2002

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer	112,760	71.36
	Democratic	William A. "Big Bill" Abbott	41,314	26.15
	Libertarian	Jerry L. Susong	3,934	2.49
Total votes			158,008	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	190,445	69.47
	Democratic	David Sanders	77,574	28.30
	Libertarian	Kevin R. Fleming	6,119	2.23
Total votes			274,138	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	111,057	62.38
	Democratic	David Sanders	66,986	37.62
Total votes			178,043	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	192,526	59.87
	Democratic	Nels J. Ackerson	129,038	40.13
Total votes			321,564	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita	138,732	68.57
	Democratic	David Sanders	53,167	26.28
	Libertarian	John Duncan	10,423	5.15
Total votes			202,322	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita*	168,688	61.96
	Democratic	Tara Nelson	93,015	34.16
	Libertarian	Benjamin Gehlhausen	10,565	3.88
Total votes			272,268	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita*	94,998	66.87
	Democratic	John Dale	47,056	33.13
Total votes			142,054	100.00
Turnout				31
	Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita*	193,412	64.59
	Democratic	John Dale	91,256	30.48
	Libertarian	Steven Mayoras	14,766	4.9
Total votes			299,434	100.00
Turnout				62
	Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Baird	156,539	64.1
	Democratic	Tobi Beck	87,824	35.9
Total votes			244,363	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

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References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=04
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1804-congressional-district-4-in/
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Rep. Todd Rokita embraces Trump as he launches Indiana Senate bid". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2017-08-13.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Congressmen Steve Buyer Official House site
Nels Ackerson Ackerson for Congress Campaign site
Todd Rokita for Congress Todd Rokita for Congress Campaign site

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=04

[2] ttps://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1804-congressional-district-4-in/

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "Rep. Todd Rokita embraces Trump as he launches Indiana Senate bid". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2017-08-13.