1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana Senate District 2
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Ralph J. Postesta (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Mathias A. Kerger (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ralph J. PostestaRepublican · winner
51.7%17,014
Mathias A. KergerDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%15,879
32,893 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