Incumbent U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) won the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District on May 7, 2024. Spartz received 39.1% of the vote. Chuck Goodrich (R) finished in second with 33.2% of the vote. Seven other candidates also ran in the primary.

Spartz announced in Feb. 2023 that she would not run for re-election. Spartz rescinded her retirement decision on Feb. 5, 2024, in order to seek re-election. According to The Washington Post, “several campaign strategists have noted the difficulty she has had in regaining support from her constituents after Goodrich made inroads campaigning for the months while she was out of the race.” Both candidates criticized their opponent’s foreign policy, with Goodrich accusing Spartz of prioritizing Ukraine’s interests over the United States and Spartz accusing Goodrich of prioritizing China’s interests over the United States.

Spartz, first elected in 2020, ran on her record. Spartz said she was responsible for “12 bills signed into law and many policies developed from scratch.” Spartz said her upbringing in the USSR guided her policy views: “limited government is always better, and financial and healthcare decisions should be made by individuals in the free market, not bureaucrats and special interests.”

Goodrich was, at the time of the election, a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and the owner of Gaylor Electric. Goodrich said he was running to promote “conservative principles, personal responsibility, the dignity of every individual, and a truly free market.” Goodrich said he was focused on ending generational poverty, including by introducing a law in the state legislature allowing students to receive vocational training without affecting their family’s eligibility to receive benefits.

Also running in the primary were Raju Chinthala (R), Max Engling (R), Mark Hurt (R), Patrick Malayter (R), Matthew Peiffer (R), Lonnie Powell (R), and Larry Savage Jr. (R).

As of Apr. 11, 2024, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales, and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball each rated the general election Solid/Safe Republican. In 2022, Spartz defeated Jeannine Lee Lake (D) 61.1%–38.9%.

All 435 seats are up for election. Republicans have a 217 to 213 majority with five vacancies. As of May 2024, 44 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 41.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 57.0%.