Indiana 2010 Election Results

Indiana held its general election on November 2, 2010, deciding 125 legislative seats and 3 statewide offices. Control shifted: the House moved from a 52-48 Democratic majority to a 60-40 Republican majority.

Highlights

• Taking the House gave Republicans, who already held the governorship under Mitch Daniels (R), a trifecta, and with it control of the post-census maps; a Republican legislature redrew Indiana's districts in 2011.
• With the new House majority, Brian Bosma (R) took the Speaker's gavel. In the Senate, already Republican, the majority grew from 33-17 to 37-13.
• All 16 seats that changed party went from Democrats to Republicans, and 10 Democratic incumbents lost. The closest flip came in the open House District 76, where Wendy McNamara (R) beat Bob Deig (D) by 4 votes in a race that went to a state recount. Beyond the flips, 4 Democratic incumbents held on by under two points, among them Rep. Kreg Battles (D) in House District 64 and Rep. Gail Riecken (D) in House District 77, each by fewer than 170 votes.
• Republicans swept the 3 statewide offices on the ballot. Treasurer Richard Mourdock (R) beat Pete Buttigieg (D) by about 25 points, and Auditor Tim Berry (R) was re-elected by about 21 points. Charlie White (R) won the open secretary of state's office by about 20 points over Vop Osili (D). In 2012 a jury convicted him of voter fraud for misrepresenting his residence while running, and the governor named an interim secretary of state.
• Voters approved Public Question 1, writing the state's property tax caps into the constitution: 1% of assessed value for homes, 2% for farmland and rental property, and 3% for business property.

Legislature

• House (100 seats): 52 D, 48 R before the election, 40 D, 60 R after; control moved from Democrats to Republicans.
• Senate (50 seats): 17 D, 33 R before the election, 13 D, 37 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures