2018 Indiana Senate election

Elections to the Indiana Senate took place on November 6, 2018. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2018.

2018 Indiana State Senate election

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25 of 50 seats in the Indiana Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Rodric Bray Timothy Lanane Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 37th District 25th District Last election 41 9 Seats before 41 9 Seats won 40 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 673,237 369,003 Percentage 64.31% 35.25%
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election David C. Long Republican Elected President pro tempore David C. Long Republican

Summary of results

Popular vote Republican   67.60% Democratic   32.39% Other   0.65%

Senate seats Republican   80% Democratic   20%

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1[1]	Frank Mrvan		Dem	Frank Mrvan		Dem
4[2]	Karen Tallian		Dem	Karen Tallian		Dem
6[3]	Rick Niemeyer		Rep	Rick Niemeyer		Rep
11[4]	Joe Zakas		Rep	Linda Rogers		Rep
14[5]	Dennis Kruse		Rep	Dennis Kruse		Rep
15[6]	Liz Brown		Rep	Liz Brown		Rep
17[7]	Andy Zay		Rep	Andy Zay		Rep
19[8]	Travis Holdman		Rep	Travis Holdman		Rep
21[9]	James R. Buck		Rep	James R. Buck		Rep
22[10]	Ronnie Alting		Rep	Ronnie Alting		Rep
23[11]	Phil Boots		Rep	Phil Boots		Rep
25[12]	Timothy Lanane		Dem	Timothy Lanane		Dem
26[13]	Doug Eckerty		Rep	Mike Gaskill		Rep
27[14]	Jeff Raatz		Rep	Jeff Raatz		Rep
29[15]	Mike Delph		Rep	J. D. Ford		Dem
31[16]	James W. Merritt		Rep	James W. Merritt		Rep
38[17]	Jon Ford		Rep	Jon Ford		Rep
39[18]	Eric Bassler		Rep	Eric Bassler		Rep
41[19]	Greg Walker		Rep	Greg Walker		Rep
43[20]	Chip Perfect		Rep	Chip Perfect		Rep
45[21]	Jim Smith		Rep	Chris Garten		Rep
46[22]	Ron Grooms		Rep	Ron Grooms		Rep
47[23]	Erin Houchin		Rep	Erin Houchin		Rep
48[24]	Mark Messmer		Rep	Mark Messmer		Rep
49[25]	Jim Tomes		Rep	Jim Tomes		Rep

Source:^[26]

Close races

Two districts had a margin of victory under 10%:

1. District 31, 2.8%
2. District 25, 7.8%
3. District 46, 9%

Retiring incumbents

Two incumbent senators, both Republicans, chose to not seek reelection.

• Doug Eckerty (R), District 26^[27]
• Jim Smith (R), District 45^[28]

Incumbents defeated

In primary

One incumbent Republican senator ran for reelection but was defeated in the May 8 primary.

• Joe Zakas (R), District 11^[29]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[30]	Safe R	October 8, 2018

Detailed results

District 1 • District 4 • District 6 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 38 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49

Sources:^[31][32]

District 1

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Mrvan (incumbent)	7,771	76.8
	Democratic	Mark T. Kurowski	1,551	15.3
	Democratic	Chris Kukich	801	7.9
Total votes			10,123	100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles B. Kallas	3,724	100.0
Total votes			3,724	100.0

General election

Indiana's 1st State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Mrvan (incumbent)	29,578	63.3
	Republican	Charles B. Kallas	17,144	36.7
Total votes			46,722	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Tallian (incumbent)	6,289	100.0
Total votes			6,289	100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cole Stultz	3,596	100.0
Total votes			3,596	100.0

General election

Indiana's 4th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Tallian (incumbent)	26,762	60.4
	Republican	Cole Stultz	17,557	39.6
Total votes			44,319	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Niemeyer (incumbent)	8,721	100.0
Total votes			8,721	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ryan Farrar	5,538	100.0
Total votes			5,538	100.0

General election

Indiana's 6th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Niemeyer (incumbent)	32,354	63.2
	Democratic	Ryan Farrar	18,819	36.8
Total votes			51,173	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Rogers	5,512	64.9
	Republican	Joe Zakas (incumbent)	2,982	35.1
Total votes			8,494	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Liptrap	5,765	100.0
Total votes			5,765	100.0

General election

Indiana's 11th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Rogers	27,029	61.2
	Democratic	Ed Liptrap	17,179	38.8
Total votes			44,208	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Kruse (incumbent)	9,458	100.0
Total votes			9,458	100.0

General election

Indiana's 14th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Kruse (incumbent)	34,352	100.0
Total votes			34,352	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Liz Brown (incumbent)	6,932	100.0
Total votes			6,932	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Zoucha	4,489	100.0
Total votes			4,489	100.0

General election

Indiana's 15th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Liz Brown (incumbent)	23,980	55.4
	Democratic	Kathy Zoucha	19,321	44.6
Total votes			43,301	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Zay (incumbent)	13,215	100.0
Total votes			13,215	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Snyder	2,491	100.0
Total votes			2,491	100.0

General election

Indiana's 17th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Zay (incumbent)	30,320	71.8
	Democratic	Gary Snyder	11,911	28.2
Total votes			42,231	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis Holdman (incumbent)	11,504	76.1
	Republican	Eric Orr	3,613	23.9
Total votes			15,117	100.0

General election

Indiana's 19th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis Holdman (incumbent)	29,985	100.0
Total votes			29,985	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Buck (incumbent)	11,965	100.0
Total votes			11,965	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christina Fivecoate	3,494	100.0
Total votes			3,494	100.0

General election

Indiana's 21st State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Buck (incumbent)	29,797	65.4
	Democratic	Christina Fivecoate	15,733	34.6
Total votes			45,530	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronnie Alting (incumbent)	8,376	100.0
Total votes			8,376	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheryl Shipley	3,248	100.0
Total votes			3,248	100.0

General election

Indiana's 22nd State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronnie Alting (incumbent)	20,727	55.3
	Democratic	Sheryl Shipley	16,721	44.7
Total votes			37,448	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Boots (incumbent)	13,281	100.0
Total votes			13,281	100.0

General election

Indiana's 23rd State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Boots (incumbent)	36,226	100.0
Total votes			36,226	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Lanane (incumbent)	5,843	64.8
	Democratic	Tamie Dixon-Tatum	3,170	35.2
Total votes			9,013	100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zaki Ali	4,454	100.0
Total votes			3,596	100.0

General election

Indiana's 25th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Lanane (incumbent)	19,577	51.9
	Republican	Zaki Ali	16,640	44.1
	Libertarian	Robert Q. Jozwiak	1,517	4.0
Total votes			37,734	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Gaskill	6,553	56.2
	Republican	Steffanie Owens	5,115	43.8
Total votes			11,668	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Cravens	4,817	66.5
	Democratic	Dave Ring	2,425	33.5
Total votes			7,242	100.0

General election

Indiana's 26th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Gaskill	27,647	57.8
	Democratic	Dave Cravens	18,556	38.8
	Libertarian	Greg Noland	1,625	3.4
Total votes			47,828	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Raatz (incumbent)	11,874	100.0
Total votes			11,874	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jake Hoog	2,344	100.0
Total votes			2,344	100.0

General election

Indiana's 27th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Raatz (incumbent)	27,795	70.9
	Democratic	Jake Hoog	11,429	29.1
Total votes			39,224	100.0
	Republican hold

District 29

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Delph (incumbent)	6,070	57.6
	Republican	Corrie Meyer	4,463	42.4
Total votes			10,533	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J.D. Ford	6,955	100.0
Total votes			6,955	100.0

General election

Indiana's 29th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. D. Ford	31,974	56.7
	Republican	Mike Delph (incumbent)	24,403	43.3
Total votes			56,377	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James W. Merritt (incumbent)	6,283	67.4
	Republican	Crystal LaMotte	3,043	32.6
Total votes			9,326	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derek Camp	5,885	100.0
Total votes			5,885	100.0

General election

Indiana's 31st State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James W. Merritt (incumbent)	30,221	51.4
	Democratic	Derek Camp	28,612	48.6
Total votes			58,883	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Ford (incumbent)	5,751	100.0
Total votes			5,751	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Gambill	7,320	71.2
	Democratic	Maria David	2,169	21.1
	Democratic	David Allen Fuchs II	785	7.7
Total votes			10,274	100.0

General election

Indiana's 38th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Ford (incumbent)	21,508	55.9
	Democratic	Chris Gambill	16,969	44.1
Total votes			38,477	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Bassler (incumbent)	12,511	100.0
Total votes			12,511	100.0

General election

Indiana's 39th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Bassler (incumbent)	34,199
Total votes			34,199	100.0
	Republican hold

District 41

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Walker (incumbent)	11,881	100.0
Total votes			11,881	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ross Thomas	3,284	100.0
Total votes			3,284	100.0

General election

Indiana's 41st State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Walker (incumbent)	28,888	66.6
	Democratic	Ross Thomas	14,458	33.4
Total votes			43,346	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chip Perfect (incumbent)	11,881	100.0
Total votes			11,881	100.0

General election

Indiana's 43rd State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chip Perfect (incumbent)	35,509	100.0
Total votes			35,509	100.0
	Republican hold

District 45

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Garten	7,324	100.0
Total votes			7,324	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Perkins	6,797	100.0
Total votes			6,797	100.0

General election

Indiana's 45th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Garten	30,357	62.7
	Democratic	John Perkins	16,493	34.1
	Libertarian	Charles Johnson	1,554	3.2
Total votes			48,404	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Grooms (incumbent)	6,037	100.0
Total votes			6,037	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Murray	7,031	100.0
Total votes			7,031	100.0

General election

Indiana's 46th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Grooms (incumbent)	27,012	54.5
	Democratic	Anna Murray	22,571	45.5
Total votes			49,583	100.0
	Republican hold

District 47

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Houchin (incumbent)	10,935	100.0
Total votes			10,935	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Siler	5,973	100.0
Total votes			5,973	100.0

General election

Indiana's 47th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Houchin (incumbent)	31,853	66.5
	Democratic	Nick Siler	16,064	33.5
Total votes			47,917	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Messmer (incumbent)	12,404	100.0
Total votes			12,404	100.0

General election

Indiana's 48th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Messmer (incumbent)	38,824	100.0
Total votes			38,824	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Tomes (incumbent)	6,869	100.0
Total votes			6,869	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edie Hardcastle	3,058	100.0
Total votes			3,058	100.0

General election

Indiana's 49th State Senate district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Tomes (incumbent)	28,895	64.0
	Democratic	Edie Hardcastle	16,276	36.0
Total votes			45,171	100.0
	Republican hold