RepublicanNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2018
Dennis K. Kruse
Last held office: Indiana State Senate, District 14 (2006–2022). Ran in 12 elections between 1990 and 2018, winning 12.
- Last margin
- +58.3
- Won 2002
- Elections
- 12
- 1990–2018
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Kruse was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1992199620002004200820122016202020242028Indiana House of Representatives, District 1Indiana House of Representatives, District 51Indiana State Senate, District 14
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Kruse has run
Margin: how far Kruse finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana State Senate, District 14 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2014 | Indiana State Senate, District 14 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2014 | Indiana State Senate, District 14 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2010 | Indiana State Senate, District 14 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2006 | Indiana State Senate, District 14 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2002 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Jeff A. Smith (L) | 79.2% | R+58.3 |
| 2000 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1996 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Steven A. Vaughn (D) | 58.3% | R+16.6 |
| 1994 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1992 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 | General | Won | Janet L. Goen (D) | 51.3% | R+2.5 |
| 1990 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 1 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Kruse has held
- Indiana State Senate, District 14 · 2006–2022
- Indiana House of Representatives, District 51 · 1992–2004
- Indiana House of Representatives, District 1 · 1990–1992
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Kruse has run against
- Jeff A. Smith (L) · 2002 election, won
- Steven A. Vaughn (D) · 1996 election, won
- Janet L. Goen (D) · 1992 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive