2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Indiana House District 17
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Nancy Dembowski (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Steven Heim (R) by 4.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Nancy DembowskiDemocrat · winner
52.2%9,780
Steven HeimRepublican · incumbent
47.8%8,938
18,718 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET