Trump Post Mistakenly Shows Mayor in Candidate Flyer
A get-out-the-vote graphic for Indiana Republicans was deleted within an hour and replaced with a corrected version.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Elections
President Donald Trump posted a get-out-the-vote flyer on X urging Indiana Republicans to back his endorsed candidates, but the graphic showed Democratic Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett's photo where U.S. Rep. Jefferson Shreve's headshot should have appeared. The post was deleted within an hour and replaced with a corrected graphic.
Why it matters
The error put a Democratic mayor's photo in a Republican campaign appeal ahead of the midterm vote, drawing attention to the accuracy of candidate materials shared by national political figures. The flyer was part of a series of election posts Trump shared about most other states, advertising the Republican National Committee's "Swamp the Vote USA" website.
The flyer showed Mayor Joe Hogsett where U.S. Rep. Jefferson Shreve's headshot belonged, and the post was pulled after about one hour. Shreve was Hogsett's Republican opponent in the 2023 Indianapolis mayoral race.
The players
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is the current President of the United States, a Republican who has endorsed candidates across several states and posts frequently about elections on his social media platform X.
Joe Hogsett
Joe Hogsett is the Democratic mayor of Indianapolis who was re-elected after defeating Republican Jefferson Shreve in the 2023 mayoral race.
Jefferson Shreve
Jefferson Shreve is a Republican U.S. Representative from Indiana who was Joe Hogsett's opponent in the 2023 Indianapolis mayoral race.
The details
The flyer urged Indiana Republicans to vote for Trump-endorsed statewide and federal candidates and included headshots of those other candidates. Trump's post was one of several election posts on X about most other states and linked to the RNC's "Swamp the Vote USA" website.
Timeline
2023: Shreve ran against Hogsett in the Indianapolis mayoral race.
- 2026-11-02
Trump's flyer was posted, then deleted within an hour and replaced.
Political Context
The flyer error revisits the 2023 Indianapolis mayoral contest in which Jefferson Shreve ran against Joe Hogsett. Trump's post appears to be part of a broader series of election messaging aimed at Republican voters across most states.
Voters receiving or seeing campaign materials online should check that candidate photos and names match the races they are being asked to vote in. The corrected graphic replaced the original within an hour, so the mistake was short-lived on Trump's account.
The takeaway
Campaign graphics shared by high-profile accounts can reach large audiences quickly, so mistakes in candidate identification are worth checking against official candidate listings. The rapid deletion here shows how errors can be caught and corrected, though not before the original post was seen.
Further reading
For more on how campaigns and candidates are covered, see Elections.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Indystar.
