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André Carson wins Democratic primary. See results in other U.S. House elections

Indianapolis' Public Radio, TV & News Station | WFYI · May 5, 2026

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The incumbents of Indiana's two Democratic congressional seats won their primary races to face Republican challengers in November. Last year those seats were the targets of a Republican-backed attempt to redistrict them out of existence.

Indiana House Republicans, urged by President Donald Trump, passed a new congressional map last December that would have split both districts — diluting the voting power of the state's largest concentration of Black voters. The Indiana Senate defeated the plan, the first time Republican lawmakers rejected one of Trump's redistricting pushes. Most of those Senators up for reelection lost to Trump endorsed candidates Tuesday night.

In Indianapolis, U.S. Rep. André Carson won Tuesday's Democratic primary in the 7th Congressional District, where three challengers argued the capital city needs new representation in Washington. Carson beat Denise P…