2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Indiana House District 45
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Bruce Borders (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Alan B. Chowning (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bruce BordersRepublican · winner
56.6%13,880
Alan B. ChowningDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%10,643
24,523 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET