Representative · Indiana's 8th district
Mark B. Messmer
Mark B. Messmer is a Republican representative for Indiana's 8th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 462 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2025
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
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%462 of 466 · rank 123 of 439 | 170 became law | 7%15 of 229 |
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.
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.
- Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
- Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 124–303· Against party
- Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
- Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–286· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
17 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced1588%
- Reported by committee212%
Policy areas
- Agriculture and Food4
- Labor and Employment4
- Armed Forces and National Security2
- Education2
- Crime and Law Enforcement1
- Energy1
- Families1
- Finance and Financial Sector1
Latest activity
- H.R. 10577 To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes.Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 24, 2026
- H.R. 9859 Ethical Investigations and Integrity ActIntroduced· Labor and Employment· Jul 22, 2026
- H.R. 6213 Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025Introduced· Labor and Employment· Jul 21, 2026
- H.R. 9128 CFTC Protection of Information and Data Act of 2026Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Jun 15, 2026
- H.R. 7547 DOD and USDA Interagency Research ActIntroduced· Agriculture and Food· Jun 15, 2026
- H.R. 7720 Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026Reported by committee· Families· Apr 6, 2026
- H.R. 8181 Critical Industry Skills ActIntroduced· Labor and Employment· Apr 2, 2026
- H.R. 7469 SNAP Online Access Act of 2026Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Mar 20, 2026
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 8th 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
- $752.3M
- Per resident
- $998
- Rank in Indiana
- 2 of 9
- Contract actions
- 7,196
- New awards: 5,777
By fiscal year
- 648.3MFY2017
- 797.7MFY2018
- 771.4MFY2019
- 807.9MFY2020
- 788.2MFY2021
- 910.6MFY2022
- 985.2MFY2023
- 1.1BFY2024
- 1.2BFY2025
- 752.3MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$245.2M33%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$208.1M28%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$188.4M25%Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Agricultural Marketing Service$23.1M3.1%Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Army$18.7M2.5%Department of Defense
- Departmental Offices$16.3M2.2%Department of the Interior
- Federal Acquisition Service$14.2M1.9%General Services Administration
Top recipients
- AMERIQUAL GROUP LLC$166.2M22%193 awards
- ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$83.4M11%3 awards
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$72.4M9.6%11 awards
- 21 awards
- MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$48.6M6.5%6 awards
- TRISTAR, INC.$36.6M4.9%7 awards
- AMERIQUAL GROUP, LLC$23.1M3.1%6 awards
- PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$16.3M2.2%7 awards
- NAPHCARE LLC$15.4M2.1%54 awards
- BANNER QUALITY MANAGEMENT INC$14.3M1.9%1 award
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
- $1.2M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $713.5K
- From committees
- $486.2K
- 162 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $121.5K
- 37 PACs · 25% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac | $10K | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.6M |
| allison transmission inc.allison transmission inc. political action committee | $10K | ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $2.8M |
| transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee | $10K | TRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $5.1M |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $8,000 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee | $7,000 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $13.3B |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $6,500 | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $6,000 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee | $5,000 | PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $748M |
| the boeing companythe boeing company pac | $5,000 | THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization | $9B |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $4,000 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.2M | $486.2K | $121.5K37 PACs · 25% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.5M | $635.2K | $25K10 PACs · 4% 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 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- messmer.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-4636
- Office
- 1208 Longworth 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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.