Representative · Indiana's 9th district

Erin Houchin

Erin Houchin is a Republican representative for Indiana's 9th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 460 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.9%13 of 675 · rank 211 of 439	99%460 of 463 · rank 89 of 439	490 became law	13%28 of 213
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.4%5 of 1,222 · rank 411 of 442	99%839 of 850 · rank 137 of 442	221 became law	10%29 of 287

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.62+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 147–269· Against party
H.R. 8035: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.Res. 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.Yea
Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Indiana's 9th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $174.7M
Per resident: $229
Rank in Indiana: 6 of 9
Contract actions: 696; New awards: 307

By fiscal year

134.6MFY2017
142.4MFY2018
158.3MFY2019
198.2MFY2020
205MFY2021
200.5MFY2022
219MFY2023
213.5MFY2024
290.7MFY2025
174.7MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Navy$73.6M42%
Department of Defense
Agricultural Marketing Service$25.4M15%
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Army$25.1M14%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.7M9.6%
Office of the Secretary$11.3M6.5%
Department of Commerce
U.S. Census Bureau$4.3M2.4%
Department of Commerce
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.2M2.4%
Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$4M2.3%
Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$25.4M15%
8 awards
MORGAN FOODS, INC.$25.4M15%
25 awards
SEAWARD SERVICES, INC.$23.8M14%
6 awards
CUMMINS INC.$20.7M12%
12 awards
HILL-ROM, INC.$16.8M9.6%
114 awards
TRISTAR, INC.$8.9M5.1%
2 awards
FLATWATER SOLUTIONS COMPANY$7.3M4.2%
3 awards
BARBARICUM LLC$6.8M3.9%
1 award
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$5.6M3.2%
8 awards
ENVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$5M2.9%
3 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.9M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.2M
From committees: $1M; 295 committees
From contractor PACs: $253.8K; 68 PACs · 24% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee	$10K	NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family	$1.4M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee	$10K	ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$286.4K
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)	$10K	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$17.5M
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
allison transmission inc.allison transmission inc. political action committee	$10K	ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$2.8M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$9,250	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$9,000	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
science applications international corporationscience applications international corporation voluntary political action committee	$8,000	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.5B

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.9M	$1M	$253.8K68 PACs · 24% of committee money
2024	$1.7M	$876.6K	$145.5K42 PACs · 17% of committee money
2022	$1.4M	$285.9K	$40K12 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Indiana's 9th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Indiana's 9th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: houchin.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5315
Office: 342 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.