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Mark B. Messmer
U.S. Representative, IN-8
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, IN-8 current
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Armed Services — Readiness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Workforce Protections unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.582, social dim. 0.346. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act | Nay | Feb 7, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Feb 6, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Nay | Feb 6, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related… | Yea | Feb 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related… | Yea | Feb 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 776 — Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 43 — Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Nay | Jan 23, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 471 — Fix Our Forests Act | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 375 — Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025 | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Yea | Jan 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 165 — Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act | Yea | Jan 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest… | Yea | Jan 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest… | Yea | Jan 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 187 — MAPWaters Act of 2025 | Yea | Jan 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 186 — Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act | Yea | Jan 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act | Yea | Jan 16, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act | Nay | Jan 16, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 33 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from… | Yea | Jan 15, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 144 — Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act | Yea | Jan 15, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 164 — POWER Act of 2025 | Yea | Jan 15, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 | Yea | Jan 14, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 | Nay | Jan 14, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 153 — Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act | Yea | Jan 14, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,108 recorded contributions totalling $6,404,215. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 339 of 1108 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super PAC | 108 | $4,344,860 | 68% |
| Big donor | 228 | $704,443 | 11% |
| Corporate PAC | 3 | $153,139 | 2% |
| Unclassified | 769 | $1,201,773 | 19% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $520,000 | — | RJC VICTORY FUND | Super PAC | Apr 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $520,000 | — | RJC VICTORY FUND | Super PAC | Apr 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $493,420 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Apr 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $493,420 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Apr 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $420,000 | — | RJC VICTORY FUND | Super PAC | Apr 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $420,000 | — | RJC VICTORY FUND | Super PAC | Apr 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $84,830 | MESSMER VICTORY FUND | MESSMER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $77,685 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Apr 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $77,685 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Apr 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $61,709 | MESSMER VICTORY FUND | MESSMER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Nov 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $60,889 | — | AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC. | Super PAC | Mar 13, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $46,250 | — | AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC. | Super PAC | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $46,250 | — | AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC. | Super PAC | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $46,250 | — | AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC. | Super PAC | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $40,850 | — | AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC. | Super PAC | Feb 7, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)
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HR 9128
US · Jun 3, 2026
CFTC Protection of Information and Data Act of 2026
Social media
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