1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Indiana Senate District 44
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Joseph V. Corcoran (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating James W. Spurgeon (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joseph V. CorcoranRepublican · winner
51.4%23,280
James W. SpurgeonDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%21,976
45,256 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