2020 Indiana Senate election

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2020 Indiana Senate election
Flag of Indiana.svg
  2018 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03) 2022  

25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  State-of-the-State-2020-041 (49387486086) (cropped).jpg Greg Taylor (cropped).jpg
Leader Rodric Bray Greg Taylor
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceNovember 20, 2018November 6, 2020
Leader's seat37th district33rd district
Seats before4010
Seats after3911
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote778,292596,836
Percentage56.60%43.40%

Indiana State Senate, 2020.svg
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

Mark Messmer
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Mark Messmer
Republican

The 2020 Indiana Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of Indiana, coinciding with other elections in the state, including for U.S. president, U.S. House, Indiana governor, and Indiana House, as well as various other state and local elections. Voters elected members to 25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate to serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies. Primary elections were held on June 2. [1]

Contents

Following the election, the Republican Party retained supermajority control of the Senate, losing one seat to the Democratic Party in the process.

Incumbents defeated

One incumbent lost re-election.

  1. District 30: John Ruckelshaus (R) lost to Fady Qaddoura (D).

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [2] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Results

Overview

PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 19778,29256.6040191839Decrease2.svg 1
Democratic 22596,83643.40106711Increase2.svg 1
Total1,375,128100.0050252550Steady2.svg
Source: Indiana Election Division
Popular vote
Republican
56.60%
Democratic
43.40%
Senate seats [a]
Republican
72.00%
Democratic
28.00%

District 2

District 2 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lonnie Randolph (incumbent) 31,810 100.00
Total votes31,810 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eddie Melton (incumbent) 38,445 100.00
Total votes38,445 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Charbonneau (incumbent) 43,664 65.76
Democratic Luke Bohm22,74034.24
Total votes66,404 100.00
Republican hold

District 7

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Buchanan (incumbent) 9,597 69.40
Republican Ethan Brown3,65126.40
Republican Vernon Budde5814.20
Total votes13,829 100.00
District 7 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Buchanan (incumbent) 39,566 69.47
Democratic Tabitha N. Bartley17,38530.53
Total votes56,951 100.00
Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bohacek (incumbent) 35,329 59.42
Democratic Gary Davis24,13240.58
Total votes59,461 100.00
Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Mishler (incumbent) 42,414 74.90
Democratic Brandon M. Cavanaugh14,21625.10
Total votes56,630 100.00
Republican hold

District 10

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David L. Niezgodski (incumbent) 7,785 63.56
Democratic Alex Bowman4,46336.44
Total votes12,248 100.00
District 10 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David L. Niezgodski (incumbent) 31,706 100.00
Total votes31,706 100.00
Democratic hold

District 12

District 12 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Blake Doriot (incumbent) 32,751 68.54
Democratic Charles Mumaw15,03031.46
Total votes47,781 100.00
Republican hold

District 13

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sue Glick (incumbent) 8,015 61.17
Republican Jeffrey W. Wible5,08838.83
Total votes13,103 100.00
District 13 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sue Glick (incumbent) 41,701 100.00
Total votes41,701 100.00
Republican hold

District 16

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin Busch (incumbent) 7,796 69.05
Republican Tom Rhoades3,49530.95
Total votes11,291 100.00
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Juli Dominguez 5,075 52.14
Democratic Tim Barr4,65947.86
Total votes9,734 100.00
District 16 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin Busch (incumbent) 35,382 57.86
Democratic Juli Dominguez25,76742.14
Total votes61,149 100.00
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stacey Donato (incumbent) 38,223 73.25
Democratic Laura Fred-Smith13,96126.75
Total votes52,184 100.00
Republican hold

District 20

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Baldwin 14,072 68.17
Republican John Gaylor6,57331.84
Total votes20,645 100.00
District 20 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Baldwin 56,629 62.48
Democratic Ronnie Saunders34,00437.52
Total votes90,633 100.00
Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Crane (incumbent) 50,755 65.54
Democratic Stan Albaugh26,68134.46
Total votes77,436 100.00
Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Crider (incumbent) 42,582 62.61
Democratic Theresa Bruno25,43437.39
Total votes68,016 100.00
Republican hold

District 30

District 30 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Fady Qaddoura 42,268 52.56
Republican John Ruckelshaus (incumbent)38,14547.44
Total votes80,413 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

District 32

District 32 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Aaron Freeman (incumbent) 35,517 58.99
Democratic Belinda Drake24,68841.01
Total votes60,205 100.00
Republican hold

District 33

District 33 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Greg Taylor (incumbent) 47,027 100.00
Total votes47,027 100.00
Democratic hold

District 34

District 34 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jean Breaux (incumbent) 43,340 100.00
Total votes43,340 100.00
Democratic hold

District 35

District 35 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican R. Michael Young (incumbent) 29,557 57.95
Democratic Pete Cowden21,44642.05
Total votes51,003 100.00
Republican hold

District 36

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ashley Eason 6,339 73.40
Democratic Jason E. Fletcher2,29726.60
Total votes8,636 100.00
District 36 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Sandlin (incumbent) 27,601 53.87
Democratic Ashley Eason23,63346.13
Total votes51,234 100.00
Republican hold

District 37

District 37 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rodric Bray (incumbent) 52,044 77.14
Democratic Tom Wallace15,42322.86
Total votes67,467 100.00
Republican hold

District 40

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shelli Yoder 14,809 81.05
Democratic John Zody 3,02516.56
Democratic Trent Feuerbach4372.39
Total votes18,271 100.00
District 40 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shelli Yoder 41,433 100.00
Total votes41,433 100.00
Democratic hold

District 42

District 42 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jean Leising (incumbent) 47,463 100.00
Total votes47,463 100.00
Republican hold

District 44

District 44 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Koch (incumbent) 43,907 72.97
Democratic Cinde Wirth16,26727.03
Total votes60,174 100.00
Republican hold

District 50

District 50 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vaneta Becker (incumbent) 45,062 100.00
Total votes45,062 100.00
Republican hold

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Excludes seats not up for election.

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  1. "Indiana Election Results - June 2, 2020". Indiana Election Division. September 4, 2020.
  2. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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