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Mark B. Messmer

U.S. Representative · IN-8 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Sep 25, 2026Method

57 PACs of the 121 that gave

Of the 121 PACs that gave to Messmer and have a lobbying organization behind them, 57 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

47% · House median: 58%

128 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 128 bills. Messmer voted Yea on 59, Nay on 5, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 62 with no recorded vote.

$179K of $497K

Those 57 PACs gave Messmer $179K, 36% of all the PAC money he received.

House median: 41%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $1.4M.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. H.R. 703 Main Street Tax Certainty Act $41K12 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Feb 4, 2025

  2. H.R. 1301 Death Tax Repeal Act $33K8 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Feb 13, 2025

  3. H.R. 5408 Faster Labor Contracts Act $27K7 PACs

    Nay on passage

    Roll 216 · 230–193

    Jun 9, 2026

Top 3 of 152 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 24 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Messmer 167 PACs

  1. American Council of Engineering CompaniesTrade association PAC · funds 305 other members60% to Republicans
  2. National Beer Wholesalers AssociationTrade association PAC · funds 386 other members52% to Republicans
  3. Buckeye Victory FundMember’s leadership PAC · funds 95 other members100% to Republicans

All 152 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Messmer’s own reports

FEC H4IN08249

$1.4M

raised this cycle · 38% PACs and other committees, 22% individuals (1% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), 40% transfers and other

$551K

cash on hand, 39% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 25, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 41 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.

46 of Messmer’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Messmer’s leadership PAC (Indianaengrpac) is reported separately.