1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Indiana Senate District 22
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Ron Alting (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating James F. Riehle (D) by 10.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ron AltingRepublican · winner
55.4%14,693
James F. RiehleDemocrat
44.6%11,840
26,533 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET