2024 Indiana Senate election

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2024 Indiana Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  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 district25th district
Current seats4010
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 16

2024 Indiana Senate elections by district.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent     Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent     Republican incumbent retiring
     No election

Incumbent Majority Leader

Mark Messmer
Republican



The 2024 Indiana Senate election will take place on November 5, 2024 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. The primary elections will take place on May 7th, 2024. [1] Voters will elect members to 25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate to serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies.

Contents

Overview

2024 Indiana Senate General Election
PartyVotesPercentage% ChangeCandidatesSeats
before
Seats
after
+/–
Republican 1940
Democratic 1510
Totals100.00%100100

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [2] Solid RFebruary 29, 2024

Retirements

One incumbent will not seek re-election.

Republicans

  1. District 24: John Crane is retiring. [3]

Elections by district

District 2District 3District 5District 7District 8District 9District 10District 12District 13District 16District 18District 20District 24District 28District 30District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 40District 42District 44District 50

Results

District 2

The district has been represented by Democrat Lonnie Randolph since 2008. Randolph was re-elected unopposed of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 3

The district has been represented by Democrat Eddie Melton since 2016. He was re-elected unopposed of the vote in 2020. Melton resigned on December 5, 2023 following his election as mayor of Gary. [5] David Vinzant was elected via caucus to finish Melton's term. [6]

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
Declined

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Maya Angelou Brown [4]
  • Will Miller [4]

District 5

The district has been represented by Republican Ed Charbonneau since 2007. Charbonneau was re-elected with 65.8% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Leslie Bamesberger [4]

District 7

The district has been represented by Republican Brian Buchanan since 2018. Buchanan was re-elected with 69.5% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
Endorsements

District 8

The district has been represented by Republican Mike Bohacek since 2016. Bohacek was re-elected with 59.4% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
Endorsements
Joe Layne
Organizations

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Leon Smith [4]

District 9

The district has been represented by Republican Ryan Mishler since 2004. Mishler was re-elected with 74.9% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 10

The district has been represented by Democrat David L. Niezgodski since 2016. Niezgodski was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 12

The district has been represented by Republican Blake Doriot since 2016. Doriot was re-elected with 68.5% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 13

The district has been represented by Republican Sue Glick since 2010. Glick was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 16

The district has been represented by Republican Justin Busch since 2018. Busch was re-elected with 57.9% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
Endorsements
Justin Busch

District 18

The district has been represented by Republican Stacey Donato since 2019. Donato was re-elected with 73.3% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 20

The district has been represented by Republican Scott Baldwin since 2021. Baldwin was re-elected with 62.5% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Joel Levi, pharmacy technician [13]

District 24

The district has been represented by Republican John Crane since 2016. Crane was re-elected with 65.5% of the vote in 2020. In August of 2023, Crane announced he will not seek re-election. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Brett Clark, sheriff [14]
  • Anne Engelhardt [4]
Declined
Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Veronica Pejril [4]

District 28

The district has been represented by Republican Michael Crider since 2012. Crider was re-elected with 62.6% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 30

The district has been represented by Democrat Fady Qaddoura since 2020. Qaddoura was re-elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 32

The district has been represented by Republican Aaron Freeman since 2016. Freeman was re-elected with 59.0% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Katrina Owens [4]
Disqualified
  • David Nicholson [15]

District 33

The district has been represented by Democrat Greg Taylor since 2008. Taylor was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 34

The district has been represented by Democrat Jean Breaux since 2006. Breaux was re-elected unopposed in 2020. Although initially filing to run for re-election, on March 18, 2024, Senator Breaux chose to step down due to health issues. [16] Two days later Breaux passed away. [17]

Democratic primary

Candidates
Disqualified
Withdrawn

District 35

The district has been represented by Republican R. Michael Young since 2000. Young was re-elected with 58.0% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
Endorsements
Michael Young

District 36

The district has been represented by Republican Jack Sandlin since 2016. Sandlin was re-elected with 53.9% of the vote in 2020. He passed away in September of 2023. [19] Cyndi Carrasco was elected via caucus to replace Sandlin. [20]

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Suzanne Fortenberry, courier and executive director of Greenwood Pride [21]

District 37

The district has been represented by Republican Rodric Bray since 2012. Bray was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Kimberly Schofield [4]

District 40

The district has been represented by Democrat Shelli Yoder since 2020. Yoder was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 42

The district has been represented by Republican Jean Leising since 2008. Leising was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Ryan Retzner [4]

District 44

The district has been represented by Republican Eric Koch since 2016. Koch was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 50

The district has been represented by Republican Vaneta Becker since 2005. Becker was re-elected unopposed in 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

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