1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 Indiana State Senate election results, district by district
Every Indiana State Senate district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 23 · R 27
Races25
Changed party0
Unopposed4%1 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 17 · R 8
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | William C. Christy (D) | 62.0 | |
| SD-4 | Adam Benjamin (D) | 48.0 | |
| SD-6 | Ernest Niemeyer (R) | 12.6 | |
| SD-11 | Robert L. Kovach (D) | 5.5 | |
| SD-14 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 7.7 | |
| SD-15 | Graham A. Richard (D) | 11.0 | |
| SD-17 | Gene Snowden (R) | 11.7 | |
| SD-19 | W. Wayne Townsend (D) | 18.8 | |
| SD-21 | Merton Stanley (D) | 4.1 | |
| SD-22 | Michael E. Gery (D) | 17.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-23 | Joseph W. Harrison (R) | 6.6 | |
| SD-24 | Keith C. McCormick (R) | 3.0 | |
| SD-25 | Thomas J. Teague (D) | 21.4 | |
| SD-26 | Rodney Piper (D) | 8.0 | |
| SD-27 | Marlin K. McDaniel (R) | 3.6 | |
| SD-29 | Leslie Duvall (R) | 11.3 | |
| SD-31 | John M. Mutz (R) | 9.8 | |
| SD-38 | Herman J. Fanning Jr. (D) | 25.9 | |
| SD-41 | Robert D. Garton (R) | 5.0 | |
| SD-43 | Wilfrid Ullrich (D) | 21.0 | |
| SD-45 | James A. Lewis (D) | 29.3 | |
| SD-46 | Frank O'Bannon (D) | 30.6 | |
| SD-47 | Joseph G. Bruggenschmidt (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-48 | Robert J. Fair (D) | 11.6 | |
| SD-49 | Joseph F. Oday (D) | 21.0 |
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