Race context
James (J.D.) David Ford is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for Indiana, U.S. House, 05. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Indiana 05.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Deborah A Pickett (Democratic), Dylan Mckenna (Democratic), Jackson Bailey Franklin (Democratic), Phil Goss (Democratic), Samuel L Cooper (Democratic), Tara E. Nelson (Democratic), Todd R Shelton (Democratic), Victoria Spartz (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 15 statements claims; 22 media claims; 2 finance claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 2. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6IN05307.
Indexed field reading
James (J.D.) David Ford is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for Indiana, U.S. House, 05. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for James (J.D.) David Ford, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for James (J.D.) David Ford is 2026 U.S. House - Indiana 05. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for James (J.D.) David Ford. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for James (J.D.) David Ford is H6IN05307.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for James (J.D.) David Ford reports 41 public claims, 41 valid citations, and 41 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for James (J.D.) David Ford: background (2), statements (15), media (22), finance (2). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for James (J.D.) David Ford returned 8 other indexed profiles: Deborah A Pickett (Democratic), Dylan Mckenna (Democratic), Jackson Bailey Franklin (Democratic), Phil Goss (Democratic), Samuel L Cooper (Democratic), Tara E. Nelson (Democratic), Todd R Shelton (Democratic), Victoria Spartz (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for James (J.D.) David Ford: FEC H6IN05307; Other senate-lda:_run; FEC Committee C00934505.
Profile questions
What office is James (J.D.) David Ford indexed for?
James (J.D.) David Ford is indexed for Indiana, U.S. House, 05. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Indiana 05. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for James (J.D.) David Ford?
The party label on file for James (J.D.) David Ford is Democratic.
What is James (J.D.) David Ford's candidate status?
James (J.D.) David Ford is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for James (J.D.) David Ford?
FEC candidate id on file: H6IN05307.
How many public claims are attached to James (J.D.) David Ford?
The route record reports 41 public claims, 41 valid citations, and 41 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Statements 15, Media 22, Finance 2. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is James (J.D.) David Ford indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in James (J.D.) David Ford's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Deborah A Pickett (Democratic), Dylan Mckenna (Democratic), Jackson Bailey Franklin (Democratic), Phil Goss (Democratic), Samuel L Cooper (Democratic), Tara E. Nelson (Democratic), Todd R Shelton (Democratic), Victoria Spartz (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.