2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Indiana House District 72
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Ed Clere (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating William C. Cochran (D) by 0.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed ClereRepublican · winner
50.2%14,985
William C. CochranDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%14,877
29,862 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET