2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Indiana House District 46
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Vern Tincher (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating R. Brooks Laplante (R) by 3.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Vern TincherDemocrat · winner
51.6%11,533
R. Brooks LaplanteRepublican · incumbent
48.4%10,799
22,332 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