1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Indiana House District 43
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Clyde Kersey (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating John E. Kimmel (R) by 5.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Clyde KerseyDemocrat · winner
52.8%10,196
John E. KimmelRepublican · incumbent
47.2%9,103
19,299 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET