2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Last election
2
7
Seats won
5
4
Seat change
3
3
Popular vote
812,496
831,785
Percentage
48.74%
49.90%
Swing
7.39%
7.28%
Democratic
50–60%
60–70%
Republican
50–60%
60–70%
The 2006 congressional elections in Indiana were elections for Indiana 's delegation to the United States House of Representatives , which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006. Indiana played an important role in helping Democrats sweep Congress, when three Republican incumbents were defeated (Chris Chocola , John Hostettler and Mike Sodrel ), giving the Democrats a majority of the delegation again.[ 1] Republicans held a majority of Indiana's delegation, 7–2, before the elections.
Indiana was one of four states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2006, the other states being New Mexico , Nevada , and Wisconsin .