André Carson

Offices

U.S. House
District 7
In office
Mar 11, 2008 to Present

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Special Election
16 years, 8 months, 15 days
André Carson spent 16 years, 8 months, 15 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

2008–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Special Election–Tuesday, March 11, 2008
54.04%
André Carson*, Democratic, 45,668 votes
43.09%
Jon Elrod, Republican, 36,415 votes
 2.88%
Sean Shepard, Libertarian, 2,430 votes
Out of 84,513 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,253 (10.95%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
46.52%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 66,659 votes
23.50%
Woody A. Myers, Jr., Democratic, 33,683 votes
20.40%
David Orentlicher, Democratic, 29,231 votes
 7.68%
Carolene Mays, Democratic, 11,011 votes
 0.79%
Joseph C. Stockett, III, Democratic, 1,125 votes
 0.49%
Frances Nelson Williams, Democratic, 708 votes
 0.45%
Larry Lamont Ledford, Democratic, 648 votes
 0.17%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 240 votes
Out of 143,305 votes casts, the margin of victory was 32,976 (23.02%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
65.08%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 172,650 votes
34.92%
Gabrielle Campo, Republican, 92,645 votes
 0.00%
Delbert Suits, Write-In, 4 votes
Out of 265,299 votes casts, the margin of victory was 80,005 (30.16%)
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2010–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
89.05%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 26,364 votes
 7.26%
Bob Hidalgo Kern, Democratic, 2,150 votes
 2.49%
Carl Kakasuleff, Democratic, 737 votes
 1.20%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 354 votes
Out of 29,605 votes casts, the margin of victory was 24,214 (81.79%)
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2010–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
58.90%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 86,011 votes
37.81%
Marvin Scott, Republican, 55,213 votes
 3.30%
Dav Wilson, Libertarian, 4,815 votes
Out of 146,039 votes casts, the margin of victory was 30,798 (21.09%)
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2012–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
90.35%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 34,782 votes
 5.32%
Bob Hidalgo Kern, Democratic, 2,048 votes
 2.81%
Woodrow Wilcox, Democratic, 1,082 votes
 1.52%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 586 votes
Out of 38,498 votes casts, the margin of victory was 32,734 (85.03%)
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2012–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
62.85%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 162,122 votes
37.15%
Carlos May, Republican, 95,828 votes
 0.00%
Tim Frye, Write-In, 0 votes
Out of 257,950 votes casts, the margin of victory was 66,294 (25.70%)
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2014–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
89.09%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 19,446 votes
 5.54%
Curtis Godfrey, Democratic, 1,209 votes
 3.58%
Mmoja Ajabu, Democratic, 782 votes
 1.79%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 390 votes
Out of 21,827 votes casts, the margin of victory was 18,237 (83.55%)
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2014–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
54.73%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 61,443 votes
41.77%
Catherine L. Ping, Republican, 46,887 votes
 3.50%
Chris Mayo, Libertarian, 3,931 votes
Out of 112,261 votes casts, the margin of victory was 14,556 (12.96%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
85.64%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 70,006 votes
 10.16%
Curtis Godfrey, Democratic, 8,306 votes
 4.20%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 3,435 votes
Out of 81,747 votes casts, the margin of victory was 61,700 (75.48%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
59.97%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 158,606 votes
35.69%
Catherine L. Ping, Republican, 94,396 votes
 4.34%
Drew Thompson, Libertarian, 11,470 votes
Out of 264,472 votes casts, the margin of victory was 64,210 (24.28%)
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2018–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
64.86%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 141,139 votes
35.14%
Wayne E. Harmon, Republican, 76,457 votes
Out of 217,596 votes casts, the margin of victory was 64,682 (29.72%)
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2018–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
87.96%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 37,662 votes
 8.17%
Sue Spicer, Democratic, 3,499 votes
 1.69%
Curtis Godfrey, Democratic, 725 votes
 1.64%
Bob Hidalgo Kern, Democratic, 704 votes
 0.53%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 226 votes
Out of 42,816 votes casts, the margin of victory was 34,163 (79.79%)
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2020–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, June 2, 2020
91.77%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 62,117 votes
 8.23%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 5,572 votes
Out of 67,689 votes casts, the margin of victory was 56,545 (83.54%)
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2020–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 2020
62.44%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 176,422 votes
37.56%
Susan Marie Smith, Republican, 106,146 votes
Out of 282,568 votes casts, the margin of victory was 70,276 (24.87%)
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2022–U.S. House (District 7) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2022
93.90%
André Carson (i)*, Democratic, 36,242 votes
Lt. Governor: Vacant
 3.95%
Curtis Godfrey, Democratic, 1,526 votes
Lt. Governor: Vacant
 2.15%
Pierre Quincy Pullins, Democratic, 830 votes
Lt. Governor: Vacant
Out of 38,598 votes casts, the margin of victory was 34,716 (89.95%)
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In the 16 races for which we have results, André Carson had a record of 16-0. That includes a record of 7-0 in 7 general elections, 8-0 in 8 primary elections, and 1-0 in 1 special election.