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2008Final results

2008 election for Indiana House District 56

Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana

Phillip Pflum (D) won with 78.9% of the vote, defeating Jon Bell (Lib) by 57.9 points.

Phillip PflumDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.9%14,268
Jon BellLibertarian
21.1%3,807
18,075 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+3.42000D+3.32002D+6.12004D+28.22006R+4.72012R+25.82014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET