1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Indiana House District 59
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Ted Craig (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Hayes (D) by 2.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Ted CraigRepublican · winner
51.4%11,605
Robert E. HayesDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%10,980
22,585 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)