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1986 election for Indiana House District 30

Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana

Earle Howard (D) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating J. Rex Fager (R) by 13.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Earle HowardDemocrat · winner
57.0%8,748
J. Rex FagerRepublican
43.0%6,612
15,360 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+13.21980D+5.81982R+11.61984D+13.91986R+7.71994R+5.51996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET