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Indiana’s 2nd District

U.S. House · IN-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 18.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 3%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.1%

    Rudy Yakym, incumbent

  • Democrat 40.7%

    Jamee Decio

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
IN-2 59.1%40.7%0.3%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+14.8 54.5%−13.8 1.2%−1.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over7.0% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Rudy Yakym · Republican

Primary results

Held May 5, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Jamee Decio 72.1% 18,142 votes
Republican primary Rudy Yakym 100.0% 41,228 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Rudy Yakym

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Jamee Decio

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 28.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 18.4 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • IN-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • IN-3 Republican, safe seat
  • IN-4 Republican, safe seat
  • IN-5 Republican, competitive
  • IN-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • IN-6 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated