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Rep. Wendy Dant Chesser, D-Jeffersonville, holds one of the Democratic priority seats for the 2026 campaign. Photo by Leslie Bonilla Mu\u00f1iz, Indiana Capital Chronicle.<\/p>\n
By Tom Davies
Indiana Capital Chronicle<\/p>\n
INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 A national Democratic Party group says it will provide campaign help to 11 Indiana House candidates with the aim of breaking the supermajority control Republicans have had of the chamber since the 2012 elections.<\/p>\n
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced Tuesday a list of six districts it is looking to win from current Republican House members and five Democratic-held districts that are priorities to hold.<\/p>\n
Republicans enter this year\u2019s elections with a 70-30 House majority. Democrats need to pick up four House seats to break the two-thirds supermajority that allows Republicans to take action without Democrats even being present.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndiana Democrats are within striking distance of breaking the House GOP supermajority that has dominated the state for more than a decade,\u201d DLCC President Heather Williams said in a statement. \u201cFrom failing to address the affordability crisis, to ignoring soaring utility rates and slashing access to healthcare, working Hoosiers are struggling to get by under Republican policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The House Republican Campaign Committee, the election arm of the Indiana House GOP, did not reply to a request for comment from the Indiana Capital Chronicle.<\/p>\n
Three of the Democrats flip targets are in a swath across the northern suburbs of Indianapolis, where\u00a0Rep. Becky Cash, R-Zionsville; Rep. Danny Lopez, R-Carmel; and Rep. Hunter Smith, R-Zionsville, all prevailed over aggressive Democratic challengers two years ago.<\/p>\n
Cash faces a rematch against Democrat Tiffany Stoner after winning by 64 votes out of more than 37,000 cast in 2024.<\/p>\n
The Democrats\u2019 priorities for current lawmakers to protect include Rep. Randy Novak of Michigan City, who is running for the seat for the first time after replacing Rep. Pat Boy last year. Boy, who resigned last year, defeated a Republican challenger with 51% of the vote in 2024.<\/p>\n
Other Democrats on the list who survived close 2024 elections are Rep. Chuck Moseley of Portage, who won with 52%, and Rep. Wendy Dant Chesser of Jeffersonville, who won a three-candidate race with just under 50%.<\/p>\n
The target list for Democrats includes a Bloomington-area seat now held by Rep. Dave Hall, R-Norman. Hall won a second term in 2024 with 51% and faces Democrat Amy Huffman Oliver in the November election.<\/p>\n
The national Democratic group said it would provide the candidates with support and resources for data, research, polling, advertising and direct voter contact.<\/p>\n
House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta said the party aimed to end the \u201cunchecked power\u201d Republicans hold over state government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese 11 incumbents and candidates, who represent all parts of Indiana, are key to breaking the Republican supermajority, bringing back transparency in government, and fighting for real solutions to the affordability crisis Hoosiers face,\u201d GiaQuinta said.<\/p>\n
Democratic Hold Priorities<\/p>\n
House District 9: Rep. Randy Novak, D-Michigan City, facing Republican Chris Cleveland.
\nHouse District 10: Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage, facing Republican Ted Uzelac.
\nHouse District 34: Democrat Sara Gullion faces Republican Richard Ivy for an open seat now held by Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie.
\nHouse District 43: Rep. Tonya Pfaff, D-Terre Haute, facing Republican Amy Lore.
\nHouse District 71: Rep. Wendy Dant Chesser, D-Jeffersonville, faces Republican\u00a0James McClure, Jr.<\/p>\n
Democratic Flip Targets<\/p>\n
House District 4: Democrat Ryan Kominakis challenging Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso.
\nHouse District 24: Democrat Racheal Bleicher challenging Rep. Hunter Smith, R-Zionsville.
\nHouse District 25: Democrat Tiffany Stoner challenging Rep. Becky Cash, R-Zionsville.
\nHouse District 36: Democrat Kim Townsend challenging Rep. Kyle Pierce, R-Anderson.
\nHouse District 39: Democrat Lindsay Gramlich challenging Rep. Danny Lopez, R-Carmel.
\nHouse District 62: Democrat Amy Huffman Oliver challenging Rep. Dave Hall, R-Norman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. Wendy Dant Chesser, D-Jeffersonville, holds one of the Democratic priority seats for the 2026 campaign. Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-661106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}