Mary Allen
Mary Allen, a Democrat who has served as an at-large Evansville city councilor since 2023, is her party's 2026 nominee for Indiana's 8th congressional district against Republican incumbent Mark Messmer.
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2026 race
Mary Allen, an at-large Evansville city councilor since 2023, is the Democratic nominee for Indiana's 8th congressional district in 2026.
The district covers southwest and west central Indiana and is anchored in Evansville, with Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Washington also inside its lines.
Allen won the Democratic primary with 18,816 votes, or 66.7%, defeating activist Tabitha Zeigler, retired army veteran Christopher Rector, and substitute teacher Mario Foradori.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Republican incumbent Mark Messmer, who was elected in 2024 with 68.0% of the vote and was the only candidate in the Republican primary.