House District 22 covers portions of Kosciusko and Wabash counties in northern Indiana, including Warsaw -- the county seat of Kosciusko County and self-styled "Orthopedic Capital of the World," home to DePuy Synthes, Zimmer Biomet, and a cluster of medical device companies that anchor the local economy. This is one of the most Republican districts in Indiana. Craig Snow won the 2024 general election with 86.4% of the vote. No Democrat filed for 2026, and the Democratic primary was canceled. The Republican primary winner on May 5 will represent the district in 2027 without facing a general election challenge.
Craig Snow's path to HD-22 is itself a story about intra-party conflict and redistricting. Snow originally represented House District 18, and when the legislature redrew maps after the 2020 census, the new District 22 combined Snow's Warsaw base with the territory of Curt Nisly, a four-term firebrand conservative. The redistricting forced two sitting incumbents into the same primary -- a move widely interpreted as the Republican leadership engineering the ouster of Nisly. Snow defeated Nisly with 73.1% of the vote -- a stunning margin against a four-term incumbent.
The HD-22 primary presents a sharp contrast in candidate profiles. Snow is a corporate executive turned committee vice chair with deep roots in Warsaw's business community and institutional Republican networks. Koors is a working-class owner-operator with a background in trucking and a previous unsuccessful bid for higher office. Unlike Haney in HD-20, who has built her campaign around a specific local grievance, Koors has not articulated a clear public rationale for why HD-22 voters should replace a Ways and Means vice chair. Without a visible campaign infrastructure, he enters as a significant underdog.