RepublicanNot in office · last served 1998Last on a ballot: Nov 1996
Jerry F. Bales
Last held office: Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 (1976–1998). Ran in 11 elections between 1976 and 1996, winning 11.
- Last margin
- +78.1
- Won 1996
- Elections
- 11
- 1976–1996
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Bales was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Indiana House of Representatives, District 60
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Bales has run
Margin: how far Bales finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Victor X. Germann (L) | 89.1% | R+78.1 |
| 1994 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Elsie Anderson (D) | 69.4% | R+38.8 |
| 1992 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1990 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Jimmie I. Young (D) | 61% | R+22.1 |
| 1988 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | David L. Welch (D) | 56.7% | R+13.4 |
| 1984 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Warren Henegar (D) | 66.7% | R+33.3 |
| 1982 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Andrew A. Szakaly Jr. (D) | 56.9% | R+13.7 |
| 1980 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Robert H. Mead (D) | 63.7% | R+27.3 |
| 1978 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Anthony Pizzo (D) | 56.1% | R+12.2 |
| 1976 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Anthony Pizzo (D) | 50.5% | R+1.0 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Bales has held
- Indiana House of Representatives, District 60 · 1976–1998
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Bales has run against
- Victor X. Germann (L) · 1996 election, won
- Elsie Anderson (D) · 1994 election, won
- Jimmie I. Young (D) · 1990 election, won
- David L. Welch (D) · 1986 election, won
- Warren Henegar (D) · 1984 election, won
- Andrew A. Szakaly Jr. (D) · 1982 election, won
- Robert H. Mead (D) · 1980 election, won
- Anthony Pizzo (D) · 1978 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive