1984Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Indiana Senate District 40
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Vi Simpson (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Farrell N. Duckworth (R) by 2.0 points.
Vi SimpsonDemocrat · winner
51.0%20,661
Farrell N. DuckworthRepublican · incumbent
49.0%19,848
40,509 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET