Who is running for U.S. House District 3 in Indiana in 2026?

Kelly Thompson (D), Marlin A. Stutzman (R)

When is the Indiana 2026 general election?

Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.

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U.S. House District 3 — Indiana 2026

2 candidates on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot (official Indiana Election Division list, as of October 22, 2026). Grades reflect each candidate's public record on life, family, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, limited government and fiscal responsibility.

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Candidates

DKelly ThompsonDemocratic

Concrete contractor, nonprofit founder and former jail-ministry visiting pastor from North Webster; 2020 Democratic nominee for Indiana House District 22.

LifeFFamilyDReligious libertyC2nd AmendmentCLimited gov’tFFiscalF

Lists Planned Parenthood, NOW and the ACLU among her affiliations and campaigns for Medicare for All and a new tax on Wall Street trades to fund education and erase student debt; no stated positions on firearms, marriage or religious liberty were found.

Life: No direct statement on abortion found, but she lists Planned Parenthood and NOW among her affiliations on Ballotpedia.
Family: No statements found on marriage or gender issues; affiliations include the ACLU and NOW, and her candidacy aligns with the Democratic platform.
Religious liberty: No policy position found; describes a background as a visiting pastor of a jail ministry and says the Bible has most affected her life.
2nd Amendment: No position found on firearms.
Limited gov’t: Campaigns for Medicare for All and a large expansion of the federal education role, including universal pre-K and nationwide federal union negotiations for teachers.
Fiscal: Proposes a new 2-cent speculation tax on Wall Street trades to fund education, raise teacher pay and erase student-loan debt.

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Campaign site Ballotpedia

AMarlin A. StutzmanRepublican

Howe farmer and business owner, former Indiana House and Senate member, who returned to Congress in 2024 after previously holding the seat.

LifeAFamilyAReligious libertyA2nd AmendmentALimited gov’tAFiscalA

Consistently top-rated: SBA Pro-Life America A+, NRA-PVF A and endorsed, Heritage Action 100% and Club for Growth 100% for 2025 (94% lifetime, ranked first); he cosponsored religious-liberty bills in his earlier House tenure and voted for a state marriage amendment in 2005.

Life: SBA Pro-Life America A+; voted for the 2025 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Family: Voted for the 2025 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act and, as a state representative in 2005, for Indiana's one-man-one-woman marriage amendment.
Religious liberty: Cosponsored the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (H.R. 3133, 2013) and signed on to the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802, 2015).
2nd Amendment: Rated A and endorsed by NRA-PVF for 2026.
Limited gov’t: Heritage Action 100% in the 119th Congress; campaign calls for finishing the border wall and says education is not a federal issue.
Fiscal: Club for Growth 2025 score 100% (lifetime 94%, Defender of Economic Freedom); says he authored the Conservative Congressional budget.

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Campaign site Ballotpedia

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