1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana House District 59
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Ted Craig (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Hayes (D) by 8.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted CraigRepublican · winner
54.0%12,888
Robert E. HayesDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%10,989
23,877 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