2018 Indiana elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 6, 2018. Three of Indiana's executive offices were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives.

2018 Indiana elections

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United States Senate

Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Indiana

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

Secretary of state

2018 Indiana Secretary of State election

← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →

Nominee Connie Lawson Jim Harper Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,261,878 910,744 Percentage 56.2% 40.6%

County results Lawson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Harper:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Secretary of State before election Connie Lawson Republican Elected Secretary of State Connie Lawson Republican

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Connie Lawson, who was appointed to the office in 2012, ran for re-election to a second full term in office.^[1]

Jim Harper, an attorney and 2016 Democratic nominee for the state senate in the 5th District, sought the Democratic nomination.^[2] Potential Democratic candidates included Monroe County Councilwoman Shelli Yoder.^[3]

The Indiana Green Party nominated George Wolfe, a professor emeritus at Ball State University and former director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.^[4] The party had to collect 30,000 signatures to get George Wolfe on the ballot in November.^[5] The Libertarian Party nominee was Mark Rutherford, chairman of the Indiana Public Defender Commission and former vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee.^[6]

The Pirate Party nominated Jeremy Heath.^[7]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing magazine[8]	Likely R	June 4, 2018

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Connie Lawson (R)	Jim Harper (D)	Other[9]	Undecided
Gravis Marketing[10]	May 10–15, 2018	400	± 4.9%	33%	23%	14%	31%

Results

Indiana Secretary of State election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Connie Lawson (incumbent)	1,261,878	56.2
	Democratic	Jim Harper	910,744	40.6
	Libertarian	Mark Rutherford	71,179	3.2
	Green	George William Wolfe (write-in)	374	0.2
	Pirate Party	Jeremy Heath (write-in)	28	0.0
Majority			351,134	15.6
Total votes			2,244,203	100

Treasurer

Indiana State Treasurer election, 2018

← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →

Nominee Kelly Mitchell John C. Aguilera Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,300,631 910,744 Percentage 58.6% 41.4%

County results Mitchell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Aguilera:      50–60%      60–70%

Treasurer before election Kelly Mitchell Republican Elected Treasurer Kelly Mitchell Republican

Incumbent Republican state treasurer Kelly Mitchell ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Indiana State Treasurer election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Mitchell (incumbent)	1,300,631	58.6
	Democratic	John C. Aguilera	910,744	41.4

Auditor

Indiana Auditor election, 2018

← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →

Nominee Tera Klutz Joselyn Whitticker Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,235,579 913,701 Percentage 55.5% 41.0%

County results Klutz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Whitticker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Auditor before election Tera Klutz Republican Elected Auditor Tera Klutz Republican

Incumbent Republican state auditor Tera Klutz was appointed to the office on January 9, 2017, to replace Republican Suzanne Crouch, who was elected lieutenant governor.^[12] Klutz ran for election to a first full term.^[13]

Indiana State Auditor election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tera Klutz (incumbent)	1,235,579	55.5
	Democratic	Joselyn Whitticker	913,701	41.0
	Libertarian	John Schick	77,101	3.5