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2010 election for Indiana House District 89

Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana

Cindy Kirchhofer (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating John F. Barnes (D) by 3.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Cindy KirchhoferRepublican · winner
51.9%8,066
John F. BarnesDemocrat · incumbent
48.1%7,468
15,534 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+9.32000R+3.42006D+4.92008R+3.82010R+18.42014R+9.22016

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