Current Position: US Representative of IN District 8 since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Physician from 1995 – 2011
District: Based in southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Washington.    
Upcoming Election:

Bucshon specialized in cardiothoracic surgery and has performed hundreds of heart surgeries. From 1995 to 1998, he was in private medical practice in Wichita, Kansas. Bucshon joined Ohio Valley HeartCare in 1998, where he served as the group’s president.

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Vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks. They very rarely spread Covid. Unvaccinated people should consider an N95 or surgical mask to protect themselves. New CDC guidance is anti-vaccine and disregards science. It also keeps vaccinated people from carrying on a normal life.

Representative Larry Bucshon on Why He Was Vaccinated

Mark Alan Messmer is a Republican who represented Senate District 48 of the Indiana State Senate from 2014 to 2024. Messmer is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing three terms for the 63rd district from November 5, 2008, to November 4, 2014.

He previously served on the Holy Family School Board from 2001 to 2004. He served as its president from 2003 to 2004.

In 2022, Messmer sponsored a bill that bans the foreign ownership of agricultural land in Indiana. He also sponsored bills in 2022 to provide in-state tuition and drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.