1970Final results

1970 election for Indiana House of Representatives: DeKalb–Steuben

Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana

Floyd B. Coleman (R) won re-election with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Kelham (D) by 15.3 points.

Floyd B. ColemanRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.0%9,286
KelhamDemocrat
39.6%6,695
SmithIndependent
5.4%911
16,892 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+28.01968R+15.31970

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