2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Indiana House District 97
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Jon Elrod (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Edmund M. Mahern (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jon ElrodRepublican · winner
50.0%4,446
Edmund M. MahernDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%4,439
8,885 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