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Last ModifiedWabash October 08, 2003 03:25pm
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Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period

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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
 Mike Braun
1,566,081
54.38% 		 Jennifer McCormick
1,183,741
41.11% 		 Donald G. Rainwater II
129,781
4.51% 		 Christopher Stried (W)
52
0.00%
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Eric Holcomb(I)
1,706,739
56.51% 		 Woodrow A. "Woody" Myers, Jr.
968,106
32.05% 		 Donald G. Rainwater II
345,569
11.44%
Nov 08, 2016 General Election
 Eric Holcomb
1,397,396
51.38% 		 John Gregg
1,235,503
45.42% 		 Rex Bell
87,025
3.20% 		 Jack Adam Adkins (W)
41
0.00% 		 Christopher Stried (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Mike Pence
1,275,424
49.49% 		 John Gregg
1,200,016
46.56% 		 Rupert Boneham
101,868
3.95% 		 Donnie Harold Harris (W)
21
0.00%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 Mitch Daniels(I)
1,563,885
57.84% 		 Jill Long Thompson
1,082,463
40.04% 		 Andrew Horning
57,376
2.12% 		 Christopher Stried (W)
19
0.00% 		 Timothy Lee Frye (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 02, 2004 General Election
 Mitch Daniels
1,302,912
53.21% 		 Joseph E. "Joe" Kernan(I)
1,113,900
45.49% 		 Kenn Gividen
31,664
1.29% 		  Velko Kapetanov (W)
22
0.00%
Sep 13, 2003 Appointment
 Joseph E. "Joe" Kernan
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Frank L. O'Bannon(I)
1,232,525
56.55% 		 David McIntosh
908,285
41.68% 		 Andrew Horning
38,458
1.76% 		 Paul Wilson (W)
145
0.01%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 Frank L. O'Bannon
1,087,128
51.52% 		 Steve Goldsmith
986,982
46.78% 		 Stephen W. Dillon
35,805
1.70% 		 Larry Evans (W)
109
0.01% 		 John Plemons (W)
23
0.00%
Nov 03, 1992 General Election
 Evan Bayh(I)
1,382,151
62.00% 		 Linley Pearson
822,533
36.90% 		 Mary Catherine Barton
24,378
1.09% 		 Gary Alan Montgomery (W)
36
0.00% 		 Paul J. Galanti (W)
18
0.00%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 Evan Bayh
1,138,574
53.18% 		 John M. Mutz
1,002,207
46.82%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 Robert D. Orr(I)
1,146,497
52.16% 		 W. Wayne Townsend
1,036,922
47.18% 		 Rockland R. Snyder
7,455
0.34% 		 James A. Ridenour
7,114
0.32%
Nov 04, 1980 General Election
 Robert D. Orr
1,257,383
57.72% 		 John A. Hillenbrand, Jr.
913,116
41.92% 		 Cletis R. Artist
7,904
0.36%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 Otis "Doc" Bowen(I)
1,236,555
56.84% 		 Larry A. Conrad
927,243
42.63% 		 Daniel P. Talbot
9,850
0.45% 		 Samuel L. Washington
1,676
0.08%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Otis "Doc" Bowen
1,203,903
56.77% 		 Matthew E. Welsh
900,489
42.46% 		 Berryman S. Hurley
8,525
0.40% 		 Finley Campbell
6,278
0.30% 		 John Marion Morris
1,652
0.08%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 Edgar D. Whitcomb
1,080,271
52.72% 		 Robert L. Rock
965,816
47.13% 		 Melvin E. Hawk
2,985
0.15%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Roger D. Branigin
1,164,620
56.18% 		 Richard O. Ristine
901,342
43.48% 		 Chester G. Bohannon
5,771
0.28% 		 Gordon A. Long
1,182
0.06%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Matthew E. Welsh
1,072,717
50.39% 		 Crawford F. Parker
1,049,540
49.30% 		 J. Ralston Miller
5,892
0.28% 		 Herman A. Kronewitter
816
0.04%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Harold W. Handley
1,086,868
55.61% 		 Ralph Tucker
859,393
43.97% 		 J. Ralston Miller
6,791
0.35% 		 Merle Lloyd Williams
1,238
0.06%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 George N. Craig
1,075,685
55.68% 		 John A. Watkins
841,984
43.58% 		 Lester N. Abel
12,554
0.65% 		 Samuel Boorda
920
0.05% 		 Charles Ginsberg
726
0.04%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Henry F. Schricker
884,995
53.56% 		 Hobart Creighton
745,892
45.14% 		 Clinton W. Speicher
13,582
0.82% 		 Walter Frisbie
6,259
0.38% 		 William Rabe
985
0.06% 		 Charles Ginsberg
608
0.04%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Ralph F. Gates
849,346
50.97% 		 Samuel D. Jackson
802,765
48.18% 		 Waldo E. Yeater
12,358
0.74% 		 William Rabe
1,770
0.11%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Henry F. Schricker
889,620
49.92% 		 Glenn R. Hillis
885,657
49.69% 		 Omer S. Whiteman
4,869
0.27% 		 Mary Donovan Hapgood
1,455
0.08% 		 Herman Barcus Barefield
651
0.04%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 M. Clifford Townsend
908,494
55.36% 		 Raymond S. Springer
727,526
44.33% 		 Mario B. Tomsich
3,871
0.24% 		 Wenzel Stocker
1,183
0.07%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Paul V. McNutt
862,127
55.02% 		 Raymond S. Springer
669,797
42.75% 		 Powers Hapgood
18,735
1.20% 		 F.W. Lough
9,273
0.59% 		 Ward B. Hiner
3,052
0.19% 		 Theodore Luesse
2,129
0.14% 		 Charley Lynch
1,796
0.11%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Harry G. Leslie
728,203
51.25% 		 Frank C. Dailey
683,545
48.10% 		 Albert Stanley
5,096
0.36% 		 Clarence E. Bond
3,258
0.23% 		 Cassimer Benward
424
0.03% 		 Harry W. Garner
319
0.02% 		 Henry O. Shaw
168
0.01%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Edward L. Jackson
654,184
52.92% 		 Carleton B. McCulloch
572,303
46.29% 		 Francis M. Wampler
5,984
0.48% 		 Basil L. Allen
3,808
0.31%
Apr 30, 1924 Appointment
 Emmett F. Branch
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Warren T. McCray
683,253
54.63% 		 Carleton B. McCulloch
515,253
41.20% 		 Andrew J. Hart
23,228
1.86% 		 James M. Zion
16,626
1.33% 		 Charles M. Kroft
12,235
0.98%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 James P. Goodrich
337,831
47.80% 		 John A. M. Adair
325,060
46.00% 		 William W. Farmer
22,157
3.14% 		 Alfred L. Mondy
15,454
2.19% 		 Thomas A. Dailey
4,573
0.65% 		 Joe B. Trunko
1,553
0.22% 		  Others
100
0.01%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Samuel M. Ralston
275,357
42.91% 		 Albert J. Beveridge
166,124
25.89% 		 Winfield T. Durbin
142,850
22.26% 		 Stephen N. Reynolds
35,464
5.53% 		 William H. Hickman
18,465
2.88% 		 James Matthews
2,861
0.45% 		  Others
643
0.10%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Thomas R. Marshall
348,849
48.95% 		 James E. Watson
334,040
46.87% 		 Sumner W. Haynes
15,926
2.23% 		 Frank S. Goodman
11,948
1.68% 		 F.J.S. Robinson
986
0.14% 		 O.P. Stoner
573
0.08% 		 James M. Zion
383
0.05%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 J. Frank Hanly
359,362
53.51% 		 John Worth Kern
274,998
40.95% 		 Felix T. McWhirter
22,690
3.38% 		 Matthew Hallenberger
10,991
1.64% 		 Leroy Templeton
2,065
0.31% 		 E. J. Dillon
1,437
0.21%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Winfield T. Durbin
331,531
50.54% 		 John Worth Kern
306,368
46.70% 		 Charles Eckhart
13,451
2.05% 		 John W. Kelly
2,240
0.34% 		 A. G. Burkhart
1,504
0.23% 		 Philip H. More
644
0.10% 		 M. A. Wilson
227
0.03%
   Others (W)
22
0.00%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 James A. Mount
320,932
50.93% 		 Benjamin Franklin Shively
294,855
46.79% 		 Thomas Wadsworth
8,626
1.37% 		 Leander M. Crist
2,997
0.48% 		 James G. Kingsbury
2,500
0.40% 		 Philip H. Moore
283
0.04%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Claude Matthews
260,601
47.45% 		 Ira J. Chase(I)
253,625
46.18% 		 Leroy Templeton
22,017
4.01% 		 Aaron Worth
12,960
2.36%
Nov 24, 1891 Appointment
 Ira J. Chase
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 Alvin P. Hovey
263,194
49.03% 		 Courtland Cushing Matson
260,994
48.62% 		 Jasper Hughes
9,920
1.85% 		 John B. Mulroy
2,702
0.50% 		  Others
6
0.00%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Isaac P. Gray
245,140
49.51% 		 William H. Calkins
237,748
48.02% 		 Hiram Z. Leonard
8,338
1.68% 		 Robert S. Dwiggins
3,868
0.78%
Nov 20, 1880 Appointment
 Isaac P. Gray
1
100.00%
Oct 12, 1880 General Election
 Albert Gallatin Porter
231,405
49.16% 		 Franklin Landers
224,452
47.68% 		 Robert Gregg
14,881
3.16%
Oct 10, 1876 General Election
 James Douglas Williams
213,219
49.07% 		 Benjamin Harrison
208,080
47.88% 		 Henry W. Harrington
12,710
2.92% 		  Others
541
0.12%
Oct 08, 1872 General Election
 Thomas A. Hendricks
189,424
50.12% 		 Thomas McLelland Browne
188,276
49.82% 		  Others
211
0.06%
Oct 13, 1868 General Election
 Conrad Baker(I)
171,575
50.14% 		 Thomas A. Hendricks
170,614
49.86%
Jan 24, 1867 Appointment
 Conrad Baker
1
100.00%
Oct 11, 1864 General Election
 Oliver P. Morton(I)
152,275
53.72% 		 Joseph Ewing McDonald
131,200
46.28%
Jan 16, 1861 Appointment
 Oliver P. Morton
1
100.00%
Oct 04, 1860 Acting
 Abraham A. Hammond
1
100.00%
Oct 01, 1860 General Election
 Henry S. Lane
136,736
51.89% 		 Thomas A. Hendricks
126,767
48.11%
Oct 06, 1856 General Election
 Ashbel P. Willard
117,971
51.29% 		 Oliver P. Morton
112,039
48.71%
Oct 04, 1852 General Election
 Joseph A. Wright(I)
92,576
54.61% 		 Nicholas McCarty
73,641
43.44% 		 Andrew L. Robinson
3,303
1.95% 		  Scattering
2
0.00%
Aug 06, 1849 General Election
 Joseph A. Wright
76,996
52.28% 		 John A. Matson
67,218
45.64% 		 James H. Cravens
3,076
2.09%
Dec 27, 1848 Acting
 Paris C. Dunning
1
100.00%
Aug 03, 1846 General Election
 James Whitcomb(I)
64,104
50.66% 		 Joseph G. Marshall
60,138
47.52% 		 Stephen C. Stevens
2,301
1.82%
Aug 07, 1843 General Election
 James Whitcomb
60,784
50.16% 		 Samuel Bigger(I)
58,721
48.45% 		 Elizur Deming
1,683
1.39%
Aug 03, 1840 General Election
 Samuel Bigger
62,932
53.69% 		 Tilghman A. Howard
54,274
46.31%
Aug 07, 1837 General Election
 David Wallace
46,067
55.51% 		 John Dumont
36,915
44.49%
Aug 04, 1834 General Election
 Noah Noble(I)
36,773
57.43% 		 James G. Read
27,257
42.57%
Aug 01, 1831 General Election
 Noah Noble
23,518
45.66% 		 James G. Read
21,002
40.78% 		 Milton Stapp
6,984
13.56%
Aug 04, 1828 General Election
 James Brown Ray(I)
15,131
39.53% 		 Israel T. Canby
12,251
32.00% 		 Harbin H. Moore
10,898
28.47%
Aug 01, 1825 General Election
 James Brown Ray(I)
13,852
53.24% 		 Isaac Blackford
12,165
46.76%
Feb 12, 1825 Acting
 James Brown Ray
1
100.00%
Sep 12, 1822 Acting
 Ratliff Boon
1
100.00%
Aug 05, 1822 General Election
 William Hendricks
18,340
100.00%
Aug 02, 1819 General Election
 Jonathan Jennings(I)
9,168
81.45% 		 Christopher Harrison
2,007
17.83% 		 Samuel Carr
80
0.71% 		 Peter Allen
1
0.01%
Aug 05, 1816 General Election
 Jonathan Jennings
5,211
56.98% 		 Thomas Posey
3,934
43.02%

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