Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer

Offices

Indiana House
District 57
In office
May 21, 2003 to Nov 8, 2006

Party: Republican
Assumed: Appointed by Caucus
Left: Did Not Run
3 years, 5 months, 20 days
U.S. House
District 6
In office
Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 3, 2019

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
6 years, 1 day
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer spent 9 years, 5 months, 21 days in office in Indiana, including 6 years, 1 day at the federal level and 3 years, 5 months, 20 days at the state level.

Elections

2010–U.S. House (District 5) LOST
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
29.67%
Danny Lee Burton (i)*, Republican, 32,769 votes
27.62%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer, Republican, 30,502 votes
 18.72%
John McGoff, Republican, 20,679 votes
 8.88%
Michael B. Murphy, Republican, 9,805 votes
 8.49%
Brose McVey, Republican, 9,372 votes
 3.59%
Andy Lyons, Republican, 3,964 votes
 3.04%
Ann B. Adcook, Republican, 3,352 votes
Out of 110,443 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,267 (2.05%)
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2012–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
40.35%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer*, Republican, 32,859 votes
28.59%
Travis Hankins, Republican, 23,276 votes
 13.40%
Don Bates, Jr., Republican, 10,913 votes
 10.37%
William Gould Frazier, Republican, 8,446 votes
 2.88%
Joe Sizemore, Republican, 2,346 votes
 2.06%
Allen K. Smith, II, Republican, 1,679 votes
 1.21%
Joseph S. Van Wye, Sr., Republican, 989 votes
 1.13%
John Hatter, Republican, 917 votes
Out of 81,425 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,583 (11.76%)
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2012–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
59.08%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer*, Republican, 162,613 votes
35.12%
Bradley Bookout, Democratic, 96,678 votes
 5.80%
Rex Bell, Libertarian, 15,962 votes
Out of 275,253 votes casts, the margin of victory was 65,935 (23.96%)
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2014–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
100.00%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer (i)*, Republican, 49,094 votes
Out of 49,094 votes casts, the margin of victory was 49,094 (100.00%)
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2014–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
65.90%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer (i)*, Republican, 102,187 votes
29.35%
Susan Hall Heitzman, Democratic, 45,509 votes
 4.76%
Eric Miller, Libertarian, 7,375 votes
Out of 155,071 votes casts, the margin of victory was 56,678 (36.55%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
77.66%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer (i)*, Republican, 91,828 votes
 12.65%
Jeff Smith, Republican, 14,963 votes
 9.68%
Chuck Johnson, Jr., Republican, 11,447 votes
Out of 118,238 votes casts, the margin of victory was 76,865 (65.01%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
69.06%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer (i)*, Republican, 205,100 votes
26.76%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 79,461 votes
 4.18%
Rich Turvey, Libertarian, 12,420 votes
Out of 296,981 votes casts, the margin of victory was 125,639 (42.30%)
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2018–U.S. Senate (Class 1) LOST
Republican Primary–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
41.17%
Mike Braun*, Republican, 208,602 votes
29.99%
Todd Rokita, Republican, 151,967 votes
28.84%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer, Republican, 146,131 votes
Out of 506,700 votes casts, the margin of victory was 56,635 (11.18%)
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In the 8 races for which we have results, Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer had a record of 6-2. That includes a record of 3-0 in 3 general elections, and 3-2 in 5 primary elections.