Evansville: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Representative IN-8; Indiana Secretary of State, Comptroller and Treasurer (statewide; not recorded as people); State Senate SD-49 and State House HD-77 (Civic Center; HD-77 unopposed) and other Evansville-area seats (SD-50 not on the list; HD-76, HD-78); Vanderburgh County Prosecutor, Auditor, Sheriff, Assessor, Commissioner District 2, Council Districts 1-4, a Superior Court judge, township trustees and boards, and Vanderburgh School Board seats. No City of Evansville office (next city election 2027)..

Holding office17
the sitting council
On the ballot5
4 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Evansville is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Indiana's 8th congressional district (Civic Center, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr Blvd; IN-8 covers all of Evansville) — Mark B. Messmer (Republican)

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Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Stephanie Terry Elected Mayor Independent City of Evansville
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City Clerk

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Laura Windhorst ✉️ Elected City Clerk Independent city-wide City of Evansville Common Council
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Common Council Member

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Angela Koehler Lindsey ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 5 City of Evansville Common Council
Ben Trockman ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 1 City of Evansville Common Council
Courtney Johnson ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent At-Large City of Evansville Common Council
Jim Brinkmeyer ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 6 City of Evansville Common Council
Kendra Hatfield ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 4 City of Evansville Common Council
Paul Green ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent At-Large City of Evansville Common Council
Rita Taylor ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 2 City of Evansville Common Council
Zac Heronemus ✉️ Elected Common Council Member Independent Ward 3 City of Evansville Common Council
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Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Mike Braun Elected Governor Republican Office of the Governor of Indiana
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State Representative — HD-77

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Alex Burton Elected unofficial State Representative → Running Democratic Wikipedia
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State Senator — SD-49

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jim Tomes Elected State Senator → Running Republican Indiana Senate Republicans
Cindi Clayton State Senator Running Democratic Indiana Election Division
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U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jim Banks Elected U.S. Senator Republican @unitedstates congress-legislators
Todd Young Elected U.S. Senator Republican @unitedstates congress-legislators
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U.S. Representative — IN-8

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Mark B. Messmer Elected U.S. Representative → Running Republican U.S. House of Representatives
Mary Allen ✉️ Elected Common Council Member → Running for U.S. Representative Independent IN-8 City of Evansville Common Council
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Candidates: Indiana Election Division 2026 General Election Candidate List (Abbreviated, ALL COUNTIES, stamped 2026-09-22 01:12 PM) — the only general list linked from https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/candidate-information/ on 2026-10-31. It prints ballot name, party, office and filing date only (no addresses). IN-8: Mary Allen (D) v Mark Messmer (R). SD-49: Cindi Clayton (D) v Jim Tomes (R). HD-77: Alex Burton (D) only = counts.unopposed 1. Write-ins excluded.
  • Other Evansville-area legislative contests on the list (not recorded as people; only the Civic Center's districts are): HD-76 Logan A. Patberg (D) v Wendy (Mac) McNamara (R); HD-78 Sally Busby (D) v Tim O'Brien (R). Vanderburgh County offices on the list include Prosecutor Diana L. Moers (R), Auditor Theresa R Bassemier (R), Sheriff Noah Robinson (D), Assessor Bill Fluty (R), Commissioner D2 Justin Elpers (R), Council D1 James Raben (R), D2 Tom Shetler Jr (R), D3 Nick Iaccarino (D), D4 Jason Jett (D) v John Montrastelle (R); Pigeon Township Trustee Ruby McGlown (D).
  • Mary Allen, the IN-8 Democratic candidate, is a sitting at-large Common Council member (and Council Vice President) per the City's 2026 contact sheet; she is recorded once, as a council member with runningFor U.S. Representative IN-8.
  • District coverage: Census TIGERweb Evansville city polygon (GEOID 1822000) on a 50x50 grid (1,400 points inside), 119th and 2026 layers identical: IN-8 only; Indiana Senate 49 and 50; Indiana House 76, 77, 78. Civic Center (Census geocoder): CD-8, SD-49, HD-77.
  • Municipal: Mayor from the City home page (full name via a search-index snippet of an evansvillegov.org roster PDF); the nine Common Council members (Wards 1-6, three at-large), officers and the City Clerk from the Common Council 2026 Contact Information PDF (updated 2026-03-20), official @evansville.in.gov emails kept; phones and the home street addresses printed for two members NOT copied. www.evansvillegov.org robots.txt sets Crawl-delay: 300 — honoured, so only two requests were made there (home page, contact PDF). Party is not printed for council members; left null.
  • Next City of Evansville municipal election: Mayor, City Clerk and all nine Common Council seats in November 2027 (party primaries May 2027); the 2026 list's MAYOR / CITY CLERK / COUNCIL categories contain no Evansville entries.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.