1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Indiana House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Indiana House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 46 · R 54
Races39
Changed party3
Unopposed5%2 races
Incumbents defeated9
Every district
D 45 · R 54
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ADAMSWELLS | Singleton (D) | 12.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-ALLEN | John R. Sinks · Elmer Macdonald · Samuel A. Rea · Arthur C. Hayes · William S. Latz (R) | 0.1 | |
| HD-BARTHOLOMEWDECATURJACKSON | Glen Harden · Thomas W. Hall (D) | 0.6 | |
| HD-BENTONNEWTONWHITE | John M. Guy (R) | 32.2 | |
| HD-BLACKFORDGRANT | Roger Jessup · Janiece Crimmins (R) | 3.7 | |
| HD-BOONECLINTONHAMILTON | John W. Donaldson · James T. Robison (R) | 12.8 | |
| HD-BROWNLAWRENCEMONROE | Stephen L. Ferguson · Maurice Chase (R) | 1.0 | |
| HD-CARROLLCASSMIAMI | J. Harold Mertz · Kermit O. Burrous (R) | 1.2 | |
| HD-CLARKJENNINGSSCOTT | Walter J. Beneville · John M. Lewis (D) | 7.8 | |
| HD-CLAYPUTNAM | John J. Thomas (R) | 16.0 | |
| HD-CRAWFORDHARRISONWASHINGTON | Nelson D. Kennedy (D) | 2.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-DAVIESSGREENMARTINORANGEOWEN | Jack W. McIntyre · Wilford C. Edwards (R) | 2.1 | |
| HD-DEARBORNJEFFERSONOHIORIPLEYSWITZERLAND | Edward Goble · Gary L. Butler (D) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-DEKALBSTEUBEN | Floyd B. Coleman (R) | 15.3 | |
| HD-DELAWAREJAY | Donald A. Hanlin · James Erwin Walsh · Leo A. Voisard (D) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-DUBOISPERRYPIKESPENCERWARRICK | Dennis Heeke · Michael K. Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-ELKHARTLAGRANGENOBLE | Richard E. Shank · Ellsworth C. Peterson · Philip T. Warner (R) | 2.2 | |
| HD-FAYETTEFRANKLINUNION | Robert W. Gordon (D) | 6.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-FLOYD | Audie W. Rainbolt (D) | 18.1 | |
| HD-FOUNTAINVERMILLIONWARREN | Austin E. Barker (D) | 3.9 | |
| HD-FULTONHUNTINGTONKOSCIUSKOWABASHWHITLEY | Ralph R. Heine · Thames L. Mauzy · Arthur P. Coblentz (R) | 4.7 | |
| HD-GIBSONPOSEY | H. Joel Deckard (R) | 2.3 | |
| HD-HANCOCKRUSH | Ray Richardson (R) | 9.7 | |
| HD-HENDRICKSJOHNSONMORGANSHELBY | H. Jack Mullendore · Robert H. Bales · Jack Smitherman (R) | 4.8 | |
| HD-HENRY | Michael K. Rogers (R) | 17.0 | |
| HD-HOWARDTIPTON | Harry V. Foreman · Alan L. Zirkle (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-JASPERPORTERPULASKI | Walter J. Roorda · King Telle (R) | 8.0 | |
| HD-KNOX | George D. Gardner (D) | 35.6 | |
| HD-LAKE | Phillip E. Bainbridge · Anna Maloney · Marion J. Bushemi · Richard J. Lesniak · John F. Mahoney · Walter A. Baran · Paul John Hric · Arthur Murakowski · Chester E. Dobis · Tony Zaleski Jr. (D) | -0.9 | |
| HD-LAPORTE | Clifford D. Arnold · Richard D. Bell (D) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-MADISON | Craig B. Campbell · William T. Sebree · James J. Waymire (D) | 2.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-MARION | Ray Crowe · Donald T. Nelson · John C. Hart · Larry Jay Wallace · Robert Lambert Jones Jr. · Otis M. Yarnell · Dan E. Huff · Raymond E. Sanders · E. Henry Lamkin Jr. · George B. Loy · Morris H. Mills · Choice Edwards · Wilma J. Fay · Stanley C. Boyer · Doris Dorbecker (R) | 0.2 | |
| HD-MARSHALLSTARKE | Otis R. Bowen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MONTGOMERYPARKE | Donald C. Pratt (R) | 20.5 | |
| HD-RANDOLPHWAYNE | William Edward Lapar · Joseph D. Cloud (R) | 9.4 | |
| HD-STJOSEPH | Richard C. Bodine · Bernard L. White Jr. · Burnett C. Bauer · Joe Barber · Richard Doyle (D) | 3.6 | |
| HD-SULLIVANVIGO | Frederick T. Bauer · R. Jerome Kearns · John A. Kesler (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-TIPPECANOE | Richard A. Boehning · Frances Gaylord (R) | 6.7 | |
| HD-VANDERBURGH | J. Jeff Hays · Elsie Barning · Maurice Oconnor · Henry Talbott Allen (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
Indiana House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner