Gains Unlikely for Women Following 2024 Indiana Primaries

Primary elections were held on Tuesday in Indiana, and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has analyzed results for women candidates in May 7th contests. Full results for women in these races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page; there are no undecided races featuring women candidates, so these are the final results for women in 2024 Indiana primaries, barring unforeseen circumstances. 

Among the most notable results for women:

• Women are Democratic nominees for the top statewide offices – U.S. Senate and governor – up for election in Indiana in 2024, but both open-seat contests strongly favor their Republican opponents. To date, no woman has served as governor of Indiana or represented the state in the U.S. Senate. 
• If successful in this Republican-favored contest, Democratic Senate nominee Valerie McCray would be just the fourth Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
• Both women U.S. House incumbents are general election nominees and are strongly favored to win re-election. 
• All five (4D, 1R)* non-incumbent women nominees for the U.S. House from Indiana are running in contests strongly favoring their opponents, indicating that no pickups for women are likely in this cycle. 

For full results for women candidates in yesterday's primary contests, see the Election Analysis post for May 7th primaries on the CAWP website. For full context on women in the 2024 elections, visit CAWP's Election Watch.

*Republican nominee Jennifer Pace died in March and will be replaced by the Indiana Republican Party on the general election ballot.