IN-05 Democratic nominee?
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MAY 12, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleChiropractor
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
LocationIndiana
BackgroundChiropractor
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Notable personal detailsSteven “Steve” Avitabile (known as Steve Avit) is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District (IN-05) in the 2026 election cycle. He is a chiropractor and small business owner based in Carmel, Indiana, and describes himself as a healthcare professional and a father. He has run as a political outsider focused on affordability and opposing special-interest influence in Washington.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports lowering everyday costs for working families without raising their taxes and opposes cuts to Social Security while calling to “end the billionaire discount” on Social Security funding. Emphasizes practical policies to protect benefits and asks wealthy individuals to pay more to sustain programs rather than raising taxes on working families.
Healthcare
The candidate emphasizes lowering healthcare costs for working families and frames healthcare affordability as a priority, but provides only general language about reducing costs and no specific policy prescriptions (for example, ACA expansion, a public option, Medicare for All, or market-based reforms).
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Climate & Energy
The candidate emphasizes lowering energy costs for Indiana families and frames energy as part of a broader “lowering costs” agenda, but provides no detailed climate targets, positions on emissions regulations, clean energy investment, or fossil fuel policy on campaign pages. The campaign presents general, pragmatic language on energy affordability without specific climate or energy-policy proposals.
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