1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana Senate District 39
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Edward Pease (R) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Elden C. Tipton (D) by 15.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Edward PeaseRepublican · winner
57.5%27,787
Elden C. TiptonDemocrat · incumbent
42.5%20,500
48,287 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