1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana House District 16
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Dan Stephan (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Delmar L. Auer (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dan StephanRepublican · winner
51.9%13,057
Delmar L. AuerDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%11,952
Stephen L. DashbachLibertarian
0.7%170
25,179 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