Steve Avit
Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Indiana
IN-05 Democratic nominee?
$19.6K
MAY 12, 2026Primary Election
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0.1%chance to win
$19.6KMAY 12, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleChiropractor
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
LocationIndiana
BackgroundChiropractor
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Notable personal detailsSteven Avitabile, known as “Steve Avit,” is a Democratic candidate who ran for U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District in 2026. He is a Carmel, Indiana chiropractor and small business owner, and has described himself as a healthcare professional and dad. His campaign emphasized affordability and cost-of-living issues, along with government reform and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
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Political 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.
Latest News
Steve Avit is in the news as a candidate tied to the 2026 election cycle, but the provided summaries do not give a clear, direct update about his own race or result. The recent coverage is mostly about Trump-backed Republican primary contests in several states, including some endorsed candidates winning and others losing. Overall, the picture is that his news context is part of a broader set of competitive primaries, but his specific status is unclear from these reports.
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