1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana House District 12
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
J. Bradley Fox (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Elbert O. Roe (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Bradley FoxRepublican · winner
53.5%10,193
Elbert O. RoeDemocrat · incumbent
46.5%8,870
19,063 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET