2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Indiana Senate District 45
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Jim Smith (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating James A. Lewis (D) by 4.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim SmithRepublican · winner
52.1%22,299
James A. LewisDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%20,494
42,793 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET