Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Luke Messer

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · IndianaHouse 2013–2019 (IN-6)

Luke Messer was a Republican U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 2013.

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73Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

6Passed a chamberof 68 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–115th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 6917 REMOVE Act
Sep 26, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 3045 Eastern Legacy Extension Act
Jul 24, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
H.R. 5886 Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act
May 18, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R. 5268 Safe Schools Act
Apr 30, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
H.R. 1206 Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017
Apr 11, 2018 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Messer has won

Rep. Messer has won 3 U.S. House elections (2012–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 24.0 to 42.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 24.0 points2012, IN-6

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Indiana’s 6th districtWinners, most recent three: Luke Messer (R) 2012–2016 → Greg Pence (R) 2018–2022 → Jefferson Shreve (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Indiana’s 6th district done while Rep. Messer served?

2013 to 2018 in IN-6: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.8 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

IN-6: $61.8K in 2013 → $66.1K in 2018

IN-6 up 7%Indiana up 9%U.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

IN-6: 15.3% in 2013 → 14.5% in 2018

IN-6 about the sameIndiana down 2.8 pointsU.S. down 2.7 points

Share of workers looking for a job

IN-6: 8.7% in 2013 → 3.9% in 2018

IN-6 down 4.8 pointsIndiana down 3.4 pointsU.S. down 3.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Indiana’s 6th district during Messer’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. IN-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Messer’s term so far (2013 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	40	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	38	See the 38 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.