Candidate · November 3, 2026
Mary Allen
On the ballot for U.S. House · Indiana's 8th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $493K
- cash on hand
- $108K
- issues with public statements
- 19
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Indiana's 8th District1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic1 |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Mary Allen is an at-large member of the Evansville City Council, where her campaign website says she serves as vice president, and she also serves on the county's Solid Waste Board and the board of the Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization.2,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running for Congress to bring people together, solve real problems and make sure the next generation has more opportunities.2,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitemaryallenforcongress.com3,
4 - Facebookfacebook.com/share/1Chr644Ucy3
- Instagraminstagram.com/maryallenforcongress3
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@MaryAllenForCongress3
- TikToktiktok.com/@maryallen4congress3
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/maryallen4congress.bsky.social3
- Threadsthreads.net/maryallenforcongress3
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Health Care
Her campaign website says healthcare is a human right and that universal healthcare, not tied to jobs, lowers costs by focusing on prevention instead of emergencies.5
Her campaign website says Medicaid cuts under the Trump administration threaten access to health care, and that she will fight to protect and expand Medicaid and Medicare and keep rural hospitals open.5
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Her campaign website says she would make groceries more affordable by removing tariffs on food and other essentials, and that the president's tariffs have disrupted the international markets farmers rely on.5
Her campaign website says she supports a national minimum wage tied to inflation.5
Her campaign website says she will protect people's right to join a union for better pay and working conditions.5
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says she will fight to ensure people have paid time off to care for their health or their loved ones.5
Her campaign website says she will fight to ensure no family pays more than 7% of its income for child care, to support high-quality local child care centers with federal funds, and to provide universal pre-K.5
- Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
- Expand help for lower- and middle-income families through grants and tax credits
- Keep current child care funding and tax credits
- Lower costs mainly by easing rules on providers, not with new federal spending
Education
Her campaign website says she will fight to protect the Department of Education, saying the current administration is dismantling it.5
- Close the department and move or end its programs
- Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
- Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Immigration
Her campaign website says she supports keeping families together and the right to seek safety from persecution.5
Her campaign website says families should not be treated as criminals or rounded up and denied due process, and it calls for commonsense oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.5
Foreign Policy and Defense
Her campaign website says the U.S. spends more on the military than the next nine highest-spending countries combined, and that she will work to address runaway military spending that it says enriches private defense contractors.5
Her campaign website says she supports the War Powers Resolution to end the war in Iran.5
Her campaign website says she supports ending military support to Israel to align foreign aid with human rights and international law.5
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
Her campaign website says she would prioritize human-needs funding through investments in global public health and USAID programs.5
- Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
- Keep foreign aid near its current level
- Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she wants to build a more equal playing field by getting corporate money out of politics, and it cites a 2010 Roberts Court decision that it says opened the way for unlimited corporate spending.5
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Her campaign website says she supports banning congressional stock trading.5
Her campaign website says she supports instituting term limits for members of Congress.5
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she supports a federal moratorium on new large-scale data center projects until safeguards are in place to protect residents, utility bills, and air and water.5
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Environment and Public Lands
Her campaign website says she will fight to protect clean air and water by holding industrial polluters accountable and strictly enforcing EPA safety standards.5
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.6
| Raised | $493,068 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $385,561 |
| Cash on hand | $107,507 |
Where the money came from
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report7filed Apr 30, 2026
- Candidate financial disclosure report8filed Sep 27, 2025