Erin Houchin
Erin Suzanne Houchin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she represented the 47th district in the Indiana Senate from 2014 to 2022.
Early life and career
Houchin was born in Indiana on September 24, 1976, and attended Scottsburg Senior High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Indiana University Bloomington and a Master of Arts in political management from George Washington University.Houchin worked as a field manager for U.S. Senator Dan Coats. She was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 2014, defeating incumbent Richard D. Young. Her seat had once been held by Governor Frank O'Bannon.
She ran for the United States House of Representatives for in 2016 United States [House of Representatives elections in Indiana|2016], losing the Republican primary election to Trey Hollingsworth.
U.S House of Representatives
2022 election
On January 13, 2022, a day after Hollingsworth announced he would not run for reelection, Houchin announced that she was running to succeed him in the 2022 elections. On January 29, 2022, Houchin announced that she was resigning from the state senate on February 4 to focus on her bid for Congress. She won the Republican primary and the November 8 general election.Committee assignments
For the 118th Congress:- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- * Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- * Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Committee on Financial Services
- * Subcommittee on Capital Markets
- * Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion
- * Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Committee on Rules
- * Subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House
Caucus memberships
Following the November 2024 elections, Houchin won the internal House Republican Conference elections for secretary, defeating Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa.Political positions
Ukraine
In 2023, Houchin voted to halt all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, in support of its defense against the Russian invasion. The amendment failed on a vote of 358-70, with all Democrats and a majority of Republicans voting no.Houchin later voted for a ban on a Center of Excellence in Ukraine which enhances NATO activities. That same year, Houchin was among 98 Republicans to vote for a ban on providing U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine.