U.S. House · Indiana, District 8
Rep. Mark B. Messmer
Where they sit
Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).
Mark B. Messmer's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured
This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.
With their party and with the President
How this is measured →Higher than 166 of 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Mark B. Messmer. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredHighest of all 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Mark B. Messmer. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredWhere they broke ranks
Votes where Mark B. Messmer went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.
Every vote
Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Mark B. Messmer voted, how their party voted and the President's position.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | President wanted | Result |
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.
Votes most like
Rep. Mike Johnson
Voted the same way 100% of the time
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Closest member of the other party · Voted the same way 54% of the time
Your district
Indiana's delegation →How this district voted for president in 2024
Indiana's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.
Issue by issue
How often Mark B. Messmer votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.
Mark B. Messmer votes with their party about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Native Americans (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).
Mark B. Messmer votes with the President about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 votes where the President took a position, so not charted: Armed Forces and National Security (3 votes), Education (3 votes), Law (3 votes), Commerce (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Congress (1 vote), Labor and Employment (1 vote), Agriculture and Food (1 vote), Health (1 vote), Families (1 vote), Taxation (1 vote), Transportation and Public Works (1 vote), Arts, Culture, Religion (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Housing and Community Development (1 vote).
Bipartisan bills led
1 passed their chamber · 1 became law
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H.R. 4446 · FAST VETS ActCo-lead · Introduced July 16, 2025 · Armed Forces and National SecurityBecame law
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H.R. 10577 · To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes.Sponsor · Introduced Sept. 24, 2026 · Armed Forces and National SecurityIntroduced
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H.R. 9128 · CFTC Protection of Information and Data Act of 2026Sponsor · Introduced June 3, 2026 · Finance and Financial SectorIntroduced
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H.R. 7547 · DOD and USDA Interagency Research ActSponsor · Introduced Feb. 12, 2026 · Agriculture and FoodIntroduced
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H.R. 7469 · SNAP Online Access Act of 2026Sponsor · Introduced Feb. 10, 2026 · Agriculture and FoodIntroduced
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H.R. 7264 · Restoring America’s Floodplains ActSponsor · Introduced Jan. 27, 2026 · Agriculture and FoodIntroduced
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H.R. 6655 · CFTC Charitable Organization Exemption Act of 2025Co-lead · Introduced Dec. 11, 2025 · Finance and Financial SectorIntroduced
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H.R. 2270 · Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions ActSponsor · Introduced March 21, 2025 · Labor and EmploymentIntroduced
Contact and committees
Contact
- D.C. office phone
- 202-225-4636
- Office
- 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1408
- Official website
- messmer.house.gov
Committees
- Committee on Agriculture
3 subcommittees
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- Committee on Armed Services
2 subcommittees
- Readiness
- Strategic Forces
- Committee on Education and Workforce
2 subcommittees
- Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Workforce Protections
Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.
Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections