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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Indiana State Senate election results, district by district

Every Indiana State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats

After the electionD 21 · R 29
Races22
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 14 · R 11

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ADAMSALLENDEKALB-2Walter P. Helmke · Thomas V. McComb (R)1.3
SD-BARTHOLOMEWJOHNSONRobert D. Garton (R)15.0
SD-BLACKFORDGRANTW. Wayne Townsend (D)1.0Incumbent lost
SD-BOONECLINTONHAMILTONKeith C. McCormick (R)24.6
SD-CLARKJEFFERSONSCOTTJames M. Plaskett (D)14.6
SD-CLAYSULLIVANVERMILLIONVIGO-2Herman J. Fanning Jr. (D)19.4
SD-CRAWFORDFLOYDHARRISONPERRYRobert P. Obannon (D)16.7
SD-DAVIESSDUBOISMARTINSPENCERWARRICKJoseph G. Bruggenschmidt (D)2.8Incumbent lost
SD-DEARBORNFRANKLINJENNINGSOHIORIPLEYSWITZERLANDWilfrid Ullrich (D)19.6
SD-DELAWAREJAYRANDOLPHWELLS-2Don L. Park (D)8.1Incumbent lost
SD-FOUNTAINMONTGOMERYPARKEPUTNAMEJoseph W. Harrison (R)14.2
SD-GIBSONPIKEKNOXRobert J. Fair (D)12.7
SD-HANCOCKHENRYMADISON-2Thomas J. Teague (D)6.6Incumbent lost
SD-HOWARDTIPTONMerton Stanley (D)0.1Incumbent lost
SD-HUNTINGTONWABASHWHITLEYGene Snowden (R)15.7
SD-JASPERNEWTONPORTERCharles Kleinkort (R)17.2
SD-LAKE-2Adam Benjamin · William C. Christy (D)13.3
SD-MARION-2W. W. Hill Jr. · Leslie Duvall (R)2.0
SD-MARSHALLSTJOSEPH-2Robert E. Mahowald (D)19.0
SD-POSEYVANDERBURGH-2J. Jeff Hays (D)2.2Incumbent lost
SD-TIPPECANOEJess C. Andrew Jr. (R)9.5
SD-UNIONWAYNEMarlin K. McDaniel (R)30.2

Indiana State Senate

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