1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Indiana Senate District 9
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Betty N. Lawson (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating V. Richard Miller (R) by 14.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Betty N. LawsonDemocrat · winner
57.3%25,475
V. Richard MillerRepublican · incumbent
42.7%18,959
44,434 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET