1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Indiana Senate District 44
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
James W. Spurgeon (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Ralph E. Anderson (R) by 0.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James W. SpurgeonDemocrat · winner
50.2%22,690
Ralph E. AndersonRepublican
49.8%22,471
45,161 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET