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1970 election for Indiana House of Representatives: Adams–Wells

Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana

Singleton (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Herman C. Ulmer (R) by 12.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

SingletonDemocrat · winner
56.4%10,352
Herman C. UlmerRepublican · incumbent
43.6%8,000
18,352 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

The seat's recent races

EvenR+7.01968D+12.81970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Singleton (D)Herman C. Ulmer (R)