Indiana 2018 Election Results

Indiana held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 125 legislative seats and 3 statewide offices. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans kept their supermajorities in both chambers, the two-thirds share that lets them make a quorum without Democrats. In the House, Democratic gains left Republicans with no seats to spare above that two-thirds line.
• The House supermajority came down to House District 4, where Rep. Ed Soliday (R) beat Frank Szczepanski (D) by nearly 2,000 votes; it was settled only after Porter County finished counting.
• Democrats unseated three House Republicans. Chris Campbell (D) beat Rep. Sally Siegrist (R) by 13 points in West Lafayette's House District 26. Chris Chyung (D) narrowly won over Rep. Hal Slager (R) by 82 votes in District 15, and Lisa Beck (D) ousted Rep. Julie Olthoff (R) by about 250 votes in District 19.
• In the Senate, J.D. Ford (D) unseated Mike Delph (R) by about 13 points in the Carmel-area Senate District 29. Delph, a 13-year senator, was known for his tough, conservative stances on abortion, gay marriage, and immigration. Ford became the first openly gay person elected to the General Assembly.
• Republicans swept the statewide offices on the ballot: Secretary of State Connie Lawson (R), Treasurer Kelly Mitchell (R), and Auditor Tera Klutz (R) each won by 14 points or more.
• Those 4 Democratic flips were the only seats to change parties. Beyond them, 2 races finished inside two points, and 37 seats went uncontested.
• Voters approved Public Question 1 by a resounding margin, writing into the constitution a balanced-budget requirement that only a two-thirds legislative vote can override. Critics called it unnecessary, since the state already could not take on debt in its two-year budget.

Legislature

• House (100 seats): 30 D, 70 R before the election, 33 D, 65 R, 2 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (50 seats): 9 D, 41 R before the election, 10 D, 40 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures