Race context
Samuel L Cooper 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), James (J.D.) David Ford (Democratic), Phil Goss (Democratic), Tara E. Nelson (Democratic), Todd R Shelton (Democratic), Victoria Spartz (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 2 statements claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6IN05265.
Indexed field reading
Samuel L Cooper 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 Samuel L Cooper, 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 Samuel L Cooper 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 Samuel L Cooper. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Samuel L Cooper is H6IN05265.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Samuel L Cooper reports 16 public claims, 16 valid citations, and 16 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 Samuel L Cooper: background (2), statements (2), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Samuel L Cooper returned 8 other indexed profiles: Deborah A Pickett (Democratic), Dylan Mckenna (Democratic), Jackson Bailey Franklin (Democratic), James (J.D.) David Ford (Democratic), Phil Goss (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 Samuel L Cooper: FEC H6IN05265; Other irs-990:_run; FEC Committee C00902916.
Profile questions
What office is Samuel L Cooper indexed for?
Samuel L Cooper 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 Samuel L Cooper?
The party label on file for Samuel L Cooper is Democratic.
What is Samuel L Cooper's candidate status?
Samuel L Cooper is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Samuel L Cooper?
FEC candidate id on file: H6IN05265.
How many public claims are attached to Samuel L Cooper?
The route record reports 16 public claims, 16 valid citations, and 16 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Statements 2, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Samuel L Cooper indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Samuel L Cooper's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Deborah A Pickett (Democratic), Dylan Mckenna (Democratic), Jackson Bailey Franklin (Democratic), James (J.D.) David Ford (Democratic), Phil Goss (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.