IN-07 is Indiana's only safe Democratic seat — and one of only two held by Democrats at all. Andre Carson has represented this Indianapolis-centered district since winning a 2008 special election to succeed his grandmother, Julia Carson, who held the seat from 1997 until her death.
Carson wins by comfortable margins. His 2024 result was approximately 59%. He serves on the House Intelligence Committee and the Transportation Committee, and is one of three Muslim members of Congress. His hold on the district is not seriously contested.
The primary is the meaningful election in IN-07. In a D+11 district, the Democratic nominee wins. Carson has faced occasional primary challenges but has dispatched them without difficulty. For 2026, no credible challenger has emerged in either primary.
What makes IN-07 noteworthy in context is what surrounds it. The district is an island of blue in a sea of red — bordered by IN-05 (Spartz, R+8) and IN-06 (Shreve, R+12). It exists because Indianapolis itself votes overwhelmingly Democratic, and redistricting has packed those voters into a single district. The proposed Trump redistricting map would have diluted this concentration, though less dramatically than its treatment of IN-01.
