2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Indiana House District 97
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Mary Ann Sullivan (D) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Jon Elrod (R) by 11.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mary Ann SullivanDemocrat · winner
55.5%9,430
Jon ElrodRepublican · incumbent
44.5%7,552
16,982 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