1976Final results

1976 election for Indiana Senate District 40

Indiana State Senate · Indiana

Patrick D. Carroll (D) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating Donald R. Lewis (R) by 19.0 points.

Patrick D. CarrollDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.5%25,220
Donald R. LewisRepublican
40.5%17,164
42,384 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+8.81980D+2.01984D+8.61988D+23.71992D+21.11996D+28.92004

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