2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Indiana Senate District 49
Indiana State Senate · Indiana
Jim Tomes (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Patricia S. Avery (D) by 3.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim TomesRepublican · winner
51.7%15,254
Patricia S. AveryDemocrat
48.3%14,248
29,502 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