IN6-01 / DISTRICT CIVIC OPERATING DESK

One district.
The same questions.

At the August 16 evidence cutoff, Indiana’s August 12 candidate list names Republican incumbent Jefferson Shreve and Democratic challenger Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth. This desk separates official record, campaign claim, unknown, and requested evidence—without manufacturing a winner.

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GENERAL ELECTIONNOV 032026

CURRENT PUBLICATION WORDING

Indiana’s primary result is certified, with Wirth at 13,656 votes to Amyx at 3,659. The secretary of state’s candidate list updated August 12 names Cinde Wirth (D) and Jefferson Shreve (R) for Congressional District 6.

PRIMARY CERTIFIED · GENERAL CANDIDATES LISTED AUG 12

LOCAL CURRENT WATCH / CHECKED AUGUST 16

Authority, event, and outcome stay separate.

01 / INDIANA / MARION & WAYNE / FLOOD RESPONSEFEDERAL + STATE RESPONSE ACTIVE · FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE

The storm emergency expanded beyond Wayne County; response is active while river flooding moves downstream.

DOCUMENTED

By August 15, President Trump had approved Indiana's request for federal disaster assistance and Gov. Mike Braun had activated the Indiana National Guard. Indiana's State Emergency Operations Center reported six deaths since the storm system began August 11. The White River peaked in Indianapolis early August 16; a National Weather Service statement issued at noon said widespread river flooding continued, the crest was moving south of Indianapolis, and warnings remained in effect into the week.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARYDeclarations and federal approval establish response authority and access to support; they do not prove that a household, county, or project received money. Counts and conditions changed during the event. Use current NWS warnings, local alerts, and Indiana 511 for action. No Wayne County countywide all-clear was located.

CUTOFFChecked August 16, 2026. Follow the linked official source for later changes.

officialIndiana Executive Order 26-21 ↗officialNWS White River flood warning issued noon August 16 ↗sourceAssociated Press statewide flood update ↗sourceWFYI Guard and federal-response report ↗sourceWFYI Marion live log through 11:35 a.m. August 16 ↗officialIndiana 511 ↗

02 / MARION COUNTY / TRANSPORTATIONVETO OVERRIDDEN 17–7 · 2027 DELIVERY PENDING

Marion County's vehicle-tax increase is enacted; its transportation outcomes are not yet delivered.

DOCUMENTED

On August 11, the City-County Council voted 17–7 to override the mayor's veto of Proposal 192. The ordinance raises local vehicle taxes for transportation funding, with collection and delivery effects beginning in 2027.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARYEnactment is a legal milestone, not proof of revenue collected, projects completed, household impact, road improvement, or equitable distribution. Those receipts begin with implementation.

CUTOFFChecked August 16, 2026. Follow the linked official source for later changes.

sourceWFYI council report ↗officialProposal 192 ordinance record ↗

03 / INDIANA / MEDICAIDJAN 1 START · OCT–DEC DOCUMENTATION WINDOW

Indiana Medicaid work requirements have an implementation calendar; the affected population is unresolved.

DOCUMENTED

Indiana says HIP work requirements begin January 1, 2027, with an October–December 2026 documentation window. State instructions define the operative process; reporting that as many as 300,000 Hoosiers could face the mandate is an estimate, not a verified final affected count.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARYEligibility rules, exemptions, notice, reporting systems, appeals, coverage loss, reinstatement, administrative burden, and health outcomes remain separate measures. A projected population is not an observed result.

CUTOFFChecked August 16, 2026. Follow the linked official source for later changes.

officialIndiana HIP work-requirement guidance ↗officialIndiana Medicaid Advisory Committee ↗sourceIndiana Capital Chronicle report ↗

THE REPRESENTATION FILE

Office, assignment, evidence state.

REPUBLICAN / INCUMBENTOFFICIAL RECORD + CAMPAIGN

Jefferson Shreve

House member since January 3, 2025. Assignment recorded at the cutoff: House Appropriations Committee, with Commerce–Justice–Science, Homeland Security, and Transportation–HUD subcommittees.

Sponsored-measure snapshot: 18 on Congress API · none shown enacted · checked through August 16
Recent verified votes: Yea on H.R.7008 · stock-trading restrictions plus federal voter-ID title · House-passed 232–198 on July 22 · Senate Calendar 548 on August 6 · not enacted at cutoff
Campaign evidence: Affordability, spending, security, infrastructure, farmers, small business, and other issue headings

Official House profile ↗Campaign source ↗

DEMOCRATIC / CHALLENGERCAMPAIGN + PUBLIC EVENT RECORD

Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth

Teacher, scientist, small-business owner, and former congressional fellow according to her campaign. Because Wirth does not hold federal office at this cutoff, the linked campaign platform establishes stated positions, not a record of governing delivery.

Working families: Campaign supports wage, housing, childcare, paid-leave, and family-security policies
Healthcare: Campaign supports Medicare for All, community health centers, prescription limits, and benefit protections
Education / environment: Campaign supports greater public-school investment, clean energy, and opposition to data centers

Campaign priorities ↗Indiana results portal ↗

ACCESS / POCKETBOOK / POWER / DELIVERY

One standard. Different evidence types.

No total score. No endorsement. No penalty merely because the incumbent has a governing record and the challenger does not. Each row names the question and the present evidence boundary.

01ACCESSANSWER REQUESTED FROM BOTH

Will you commit to recurring, publicly announced district forums with unscreened questions, preserved answers, and a visible follow-up ledger?

SHREVE / OFFICIAL + CAMPAIGNNo public record of a 2026 general-public Shreve town hall was located in the bounded source review. One member-led veterans roundtable and 13 announced staff-run mobile-office stops are documented.

WIRTH / CAMPAIGN + PUBLIC RECORDWirth participated in an April 23 Democratic-primary debate and was advertised for March 29 and April 7 candidate events. Her campaign promises future listening formats; completion evidence remains open.

02POCKETBOOKMEASURABLE IMPLEMENTATION NEEDED

Name the first two pocketbook changes you would pursue, the legal vehicle, funding path, expected household effect, and the date voters should judge delivery.

SHREVE / OFFICIAL + CAMPAIGNThe current campaign lists affordability, spending, infrastructure, farmers, and small business as headings. Implementation details should be supplied rather than inferred.

WIRTH / CAMPAIGN + PUBLIC RECORDWirth’s campaign supports wage, housing, childcare, paid-leave, healthcare, and public-education changes. These are campaign positions, not enacted outcomes.

03POWERSAME STANDARD · DIFFERENT SCALE

What conflict, donor, stock-trading, lobbying, and disclosure rules will you accept for yourself—and what independent enforcement should apply?

SHREVE / OFFICIAL + CAMPAIGNOfficial FEC reporting shows substantially greater campaign resources, including candidate loans. Money measures campaign capacity; it does not itself prove support, corruption, or delivery.

WIRTH / CAMPAIGN + PUBLIC RECORDOfficial FEC reporting shows a smaller current-cycle committee and candidate loans. The same conflict and disclosure questions still apply.

04DELIVERYNO WINNER · BUILD THE RECEIPT

For each promise, what authority will you use, who owns implementation, what milestone is due in year one, and what evidence would count as failure?

SHREVE / OFFICIAL + CAMPAIGNThe official record supports an 18-measure sponsorship snapshot, recent roll calls, and the FY27 project-stage ledger. None of the sponsored measures was shown as enacted at the cutoff.

WIRTH / CAMPAIGN + PUBLIC RECORDA challenger has no incumbent congressional record. Her campaign can still publish prewritten milestones, funding paths, and failure thresholds before Election Day.

FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Capacity is not character.

Official FEC records through June 30. Coverage windows differ, so they remain visible beside every number.

Republican incumbent

Jefferson Shreve

2025-01-01–2026-06-30

Receipts: $2,426,804.72
Disbursements: $950,284.62
Cash: $1,608,234.89
Debt: $3,900,000
Candidate loans: $2,000,000 candidate loans

Open FEC receipt ↗

Democratic challenger

Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth

2026-01-01–2026-06-30

Receipts: $37,046.11
Disbursements: $30,400.38
Cash: $7,151.09
Debt: $0
Candidate loans: $4,919.40 candidate loans

Open FEC receipt ↗

FY27 COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Follow the money through every door.

Shreve’s office lists 17 FY27 community-project requests totaling $45.224 million. Official GPO/CRS bill-status feeds were rechecked August 16: one $27.5 million project remains in H.R.8469 on Senate Calendar 455 but is not Senate-passed; one $0.5 million project remains in House-passed H.R.8646 received by the Senate; 15 totaling $17.224 million remain in House-calendar bills that have not passed the House. None was enacted, obligated, or disbursed at the August 16 cutoff.

01REQUESTED17$45.224m

02HOUSE CALENDAR15$17.224m

03HOUSE-PASSED / SENATE RECEIVED1$0.500m

04SENATE CALENDAR · NOT PASSED1$27.500m

05ENACTED0$0

06OBLIGATED0 verifiedOPEN

07DISBURSED0 verifiedOPEN

08OUTCOME VERIFIED0OPEN

Seventeen FY27 community-project requests, with stages checked at the August 16, 2026 evidence cutoff
Amount	Project	Package	Stage at cutoff
$27.500m	Indiana Army National Guard aircraft-maintenance hangar · Shelbyville	H.R.8469	SENATE CALENDAR 455 · NOT SENATE-PASSED
$0.500m	Green Township fire-rescue truck	H.R.8646	HOUSE-PASSED · RECEIVED BY SENATE
$1.650m	IMPD protective equipment	H.R.8845	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$0.650m	Shelbyville police radios	H.R.8845	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$0.120m	Bartholomew County police communications and identification upgrades	H.R.8845	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.125m	Rushville Cherry Street Extension stormwater project	H.R.9310	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.000m	Greenfield water service-line replacements	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.150m	Fayette County School Corporation water-line extension	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.000m	Hancock County regional water-service extension	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.000m	Northwest Shelby County sewer system	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.000m	Carthage sewer rehabilitation	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.000m	New Palestine septic-to-sewer conversion	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.040m	Trafalgar water-distribution improvements	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.600m	College Corner water-distribution improvements	H.R.9170	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.100m	Forsythe Street / Hurricane Creek culvert	H.R.9170	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$1.789m	Amplify Hancock Innovation Center	H.R.9170	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED
$2.000m	Richmond fire station	H.R.9171	HOUSE CALENDAR · NOT HOUSE-PASSED

CONSTITUENT ACCESS

Access has a ladder too.

Announced → public/open → member present → unscreened questions → preserved answer → follow-up. Casework, roundtables, debates, and town halls can all matter without becoming interchangeable.

GENERAL-ELECTION DEBATE

No official, campaign, or organizer record located through August 16

BOUNDED SEARCH · NOT PROOF NONE EXISTS

SHREVE PUBLIC TOWN HALL

No 2026 general-public event record located through August 16 in the reviewed official and campaign sources

OPEN

SHREVE VETERANS ROUNDTABLE

Member present · Richmond City Hall · June 18 · topic-specific audience

DOCUMENTED

SHREVE MOBILE OFFICE HOURS

13 announced 2026 stops · staff-run federal casework · not member appearances

DOCUMENTED

WIRTH PRIMARY DEBATE

Participated April 23 with Democratic-primary candidates

DOCUMENTED

WIRTH ACCESS EVENTS

Advertised March 29 and April 7 candidate events; future listening formats remain promises

MIXED / VERIFY COMPLETION

DISTRICT ACTION DESK / LOCAL-ONLY

Ask the question. Preserve the standard.

Build a source-aware email, call script, forum question, or follow-up. The tool can generate the same request for both candidates; it cannot send, store, rank, or endorse.

ISSUERECIPIENTFORMATYOUR NAME · OPTIONALCITY / COUNTY · OPTIONALREQUESTED RESPONSE DATE · OPTIONAL

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CORE QUESTION

Will you commit to recurring, publicly announced district forums with unscreened questions, preserved answers, and a visible follow-up ledger?

IN-6 accountability request — Public access

To: Jefferson Shreve — Republican incumbent / congressional office and campaign

I am writing as an IN-6 constituent to request a specific, on-record answer.

Question:
Will you commit to recurring, publicly announced district forums with unscreened questions, preserved answers, and a visible follow-up ledger?

Why this remains open:
The current evidence ledger distinguishes general-public town halls from candidate forums, topic-specific roundtables, staff casework stops, and private meetings.

Please answer with attributable sources, the responsible owner, and a date or measurable threshold wherever possible. If the answer is not yet known, “unknown” is useful; please identify the next evidence step instead of substituting a campaign slogan.

This request uses the same question and evidence standard for both candidates. It does not ask The Record to rank or endorse either candidate.

Prepared with The Record IN-6 Action Desk · public release · checked through 2026-08-16

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IN-6 accountability request — Public access

To: Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth — Democratic challenger / campaign

I am writing as an IN-6 constituent to request a specific, on-record answer.

Question:
Will you commit to recurring, publicly announced district forums with unscreened questions, preserved answers, and a visible follow-up ledger?

Why this remains open:
The current evidence ledger distinguishes general-public town halls from candidate forums, topic-specific roundtables, staff casework stops, and private meetings.

Please answer with attributable sources, the responsible owner, and a date or measurable threshold wherever possible. If the answer is not yet known, “unknown” is useful; please identify the next evidence step instead of substituting a campaign slogan.

This request uses the same question and evidence standard for both candidates. It does not ask The Record to rank or endorse either candidate.

Prepared with The Record IN-6 Action Desk · public release · checked through 2026-08-16

CORE SOURCE LEDGER

Official record and campaign claim stay visibly different.

officialIndiana election portal — certified primary results ↗officialIndiana general-election candidate list — updated August 12 ↗officialIndiana 2026 election calendar ↗officialHouse Clerk — Jefferson Shreve ↗officialHouse Appropriations assignment ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.7008 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.8469 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.8646 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.8845 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.9170 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.9171 ↗officialCongress.gov — H.R.9310 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.7008 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.8469 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.8646 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.8845 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.9170 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.9171 ↗officialGPO/CRS bill-status feed — H.R.9310 ↗campaignShreve campaign ↗campaignWirth priorities ↗

HELD RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

The 127-entry historical IN-6 file is preserved in custody and held from public download pending entry-level review.

Read custody notice →Return to Aug 16 desk →

One district.The same questions.

Authority, event, and outcome stay separate.

The storm emergency expanded beyond Wayne County; response is active while river flooding moves downstream.

Marion County's vehicle-tax increase is enacted; its transportation outcomes are not yet delivered.

Indiana Medicaid work requirements have an implementation calendar; the affected population is unresolved.

Office, assignment, evidence state.

Jefferson Shreve

Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth

Will you commit to recurring, publicly announced district forums with unscreened questions, preserved answers, and a visible follow-up ledger?

Name the first two pocketbook changes you would pursue, the legal vehicle, funding path, expected household effect, and the date voters should judge delivery.

What conflict, donor, stock-trading, lobbying, and disclosure rules will you accept for yourself—and what independent enforcement should apply?

For each promise, what authority will you use, who owns implementation, what milestone is due in year one, and what evidence would count as failure?

Jefferson Shreve

Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth

Official record and campaign claim stay visibly different.

The 127-entry historical IN-6 file is preserved in custody and held from public download pending entry-level review.

One district.
The same questions.