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The2022 Indiana's 2nd congressional district special election was a special election to choose a new member of theU.S. House of Representatives. The seat became vacant after incumbent CongresswomanJackie Walorski died in a traffic collision on August 3, 2022.[1][2]
In accordance with Title 3, Article 10, of theIndiana Code, a special election must be held for any U.S. House vacancy that occurs more than 74 days before the next general election.[3] On August 9, GovernorEric Holcomb announced the special election was to be held concurrently with the general election on November 8.[4] Parties held caucuses to nominate their candidates for the election; they had until August 26 to do so.[5]
Since the congressional district boundaries set inthe 2020 redistricting cycle went into effect on January 3, 2023, the special election was conducted under the old district lines whereasthe regular election on the same date was conducted under the new district lines.[4]
TheIndiana Republican Party held its nominating caucus inMishawaka on August 20.[6] Out of approximately 500 precinct committee members who were eligible to vote,[7] about 375 were present at the caucus.[8] The number of votes received by each candidate was not made public;Indiana Republican Party chair Kyle Hupfer said in a statement thatRudy Yakym received a majority of votes in the first round of balloting and was thus selected to replace Walorski as the Republican nominee inthe 2022 regular election. Subsequently, Yakym also won the nomination for the special election by voice vote.[8]
Individuals
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Rudy Yakym | 205 | 56.79 | |
| Republican | Curtis Hill | 86 | 23.82 | |
| Republican | Curt Nisly | 31 | 8.59 | |
| Republican | Christy Stutzman | 27 | 7.48 | |
| Republican | Marvin Layne | 12 | 3.32 | |
| Republican | Others | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 361 | 100.00 | ||
TheIndiana Democratic Party held its nominating caucus inLakeville on August 23.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Rudy Yakym | 118,997 | 63.3 | +1.86 | |
| Democratic | Paul Steury | 62,792 | 33.4 | −5.11 | |
| Libertarian | William Henry | 6,101 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Write-in | Marla Godette | 143 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 188,033 | 100.00 | |||
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