Erin Houchin — U.S. House District 9

AErin HouchinRepublican

Republican congresswoman from Salem seeking a third term, a former Indiana state senator.

Holds an A+ from SBA Pro-Life America and a 94% Heritage Action score for the 119th Congress, and voted for the 2025 Born-Alive and girls' sports bills; her Second Amendment and religious-liberty support rests on campaign pledges rather than scorecards.

• Life: SBA Pro-Life America A+; introduced the Abortion Funding Awareness Act, voted to defund Planned Parenthood through H.R. 1, and voted for the 2025 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
• Family: Voted for the 2025 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28); campaign says she voted for a Parents Bill of Rights and that parents 'should be in the driver's seat' of their children's education.
• Religious liberty: Campaign lists 'the right to worship freely' among freedoms she will defend; no religious-liberty scorecard or specific votes reviewed.
• 2nd Amendment: Campaign calls the Second Amendment 'one of our most important freedoms'; no NRA-PVF rating or floor votes on firearms were verified.
• Limited gov’t: Heritage Action 94% (119th Congress); campaign backs finishing the border wall and cutting 'bureaucratic red tape.'
• Fiscal: Heritage Action 94% (119th Congress); campaign supports a Balanced Budget Amendment and tax cuts.

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