This district includes a small strip of northwest Indiana and had been represented by Democrat Pete Visclosky since January 1985.

This district is located in the northeast corner of Indiana and has a large population center in Fort Wayne.

This district located mostly north of Indianapolis is one of the most reliably Republican in America, having voted 71%-28% for George W. Bush in 2004.

This district takes in a large portion of eastern Indiana, including the cities of Muncie, Anderson, and Richmond.

André Carson won the special election to fill this seat and represented Indiana's 7th congressional district since March 13, 2008.

This district has been nicknamed the "Bloody Eighth" because of a series of hard-fought tight campaigns and political reversals.

In 2000, a New York Times reporter said of the district: "With a populist streak and a conservative bent, this district does not cotton to country-club Republicans or to social-engineering liberals," and also said "More than 95 percent white and about 41 percent rural, the region shares much of the flavor of the Bible Belt.

This swing district has been recently fought out by Democrat Baron Hill and Republican Mike Sodrel.

[17] The largest city located within the district is Bloomington followed by Columbus, New Albany, Jeffersonville, and Clarksville which all have Democratic Mayors or Council Presidents.