Marlin Stutzman

He's done this seat before

Stutzman represented IN-3 from 2010 to 2017, gave up the seat to run for U.S. Senate, lost that primary to Todd Young, and won his old district back in 2024 after Jim Banks moved up to the Senate. He is one of a small number of members serving non-consecutive terms in the House.

Freedom Caucus, by reputation and roll call

He is a House Freedom Caucus member, was a 2013 face of the shutdown push to defund the Affordable Care Act, and called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act the best bill he has ever voted on. His League of Conservation Voters lifetime score from his earlier tenure was 4%.

Owns or runs at least a dozen businesses

His personal financial disclosures list partnerships in Stutzman Farms, Show Hauler RV, Stutzman Brothers Meats, Stutzman Power Equipment, The Barns at Nappanee, the Round Barn Theatre, the Stutzman Brothers Steakhouse, Mid America Products, Tepe Upholstery, Kruse Plaza and others. He is a former president of WishBone Medical and currently sits on House Financial Services.

In August 2016, the independent Office of Congressional Ethics referred Stutzman to the House Ethics Committee over a five-and-a-half-day August 2015 trip to Los Angeles in which his Senate campaign committee paid roughly $2,000 in airfare for him, his wife and their two children, plus van rental and hotel charges. While in LA, Stutzman had three campaign meetings over two days; the family also visited Universal Studios, the Reagan Library and the Reagan Ranch. The Ethics Committee announced in November 2016 it would continue investigating; the matter lapsed when Stutzman left the House in January 2017.

An Associated Press review of Stutzman's principal campaign-fund spending found roughly $300,000 in flights, vehicle charges, meals and hotels charged to the campaign between 2010 and early 2016 — about three times what then-rival Todd Young's House campaign had spent over the same period. During one eight-month stretch in 2015, Stutzman reimbursed himself $13,100 for personal-vehicle mileage. He repaid a portion of the LA trip costs but disputed the AP's characterization.

Stutzman's brother-in-law Anthony Rivera was paid roughly $170,000 over nearly three years to manage finances for Stutzman's congressional campaign — about $5,000 a month — despite no prior political fundraising experience (his prior work was as a car salesman and traveling actor). House and Senate rules forbid hiring family members as official congressional staff; Rivera worked only on the campaign, which is permitted, but Stutzman acknowledged he didn't seek an Ethics Committee advisory opinion. The two were also business partners in a Virginia bridal shop during the period Rivera ran the campaign's fundraising.

As a member of the House Financial Services Committee — and previously president and current Chief Development Officer-emeritus of WishBone Medical, an orthopedic-implant manufacturer — Stutzman holds active or recent leadership stakes in firms across banking-adjacent (financial services), medical-device, RV manufacturing, agriculture and hospitality sectors. Several of his 2025 introduced bills (e.g., on FDIC insurance limits, Regulation A+ small-business capital raises, and rural housing) directly affect industries in which he has personal financial interests. He has not announced specific recusals.

"The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is the start of America's return to fiscal sanity."— Stutzman press release, May 22, 2025

"We cannot have a secure nation without secure borders. I have seen firsthand at the southern border the problems we face."— gomarlin.com / The Issues, accessed Apr 2026

"Education was never meant to be a federal issue. Education is the responsibility of parents first and foremost."— gomarlin.com / The Issues

"For years we marched in Right To Life marches in Washington, Fort Wayne and across the nation, demanding that our leaders reverse the disastrous decision made by the Supreme Court in 1973."— gomarlin.com / Defending the Unborn

"Democrats are calling a timeout and shutting the government down. Democrats are going to be blamed for the Schumer shutdown."— Newsmax 'Wake Up America' interview, Oct 21, 2025

"You could have a kindergarten class draw our maps, and it would be nine to zero."— Newsmax interview, Oct 21, 2025

"I staunchly support medical freedom, affirming the right of all Americans to make independent healthcare decisions without coercion or intimidation."— gomarlin.com / Medical Health Freedom

"It is time to put American families first instead of corporate interests."— Stutzman press release, Feb 10, 2026