A general election was held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 6, 2018. Three of Indiana's executive offices were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
Secretary of State[]
2018 Indiana Secretary of State election
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November 6, 2018
2022 →
Nominee
Connie Lawson
Jim Harper
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
1,261,878
910,744
Percentage
56.2%
40.6%
Secretary of State before election
Connie Lawson Republican
Elected Secretary of State
Connie Lawson Republican
Incumbent Republican Secretary of StateConnie Lawson, who was appointed to the office in 2012, ran for re-election to a second full term in office.[1]
Jim Harper, an attorney and 2016 Democratic nominee for the state senate in the 5th District, sought the Democratic nomination.[2] Potential Democratic candidates include Monroe County Councilwoman Shelli Yoder.[3]
The Indiana Green Party nominated George Wolfe, a Professor Emeritus at Ball State University and former Director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.[4] The party has to collect 30,000 signatures to get George Wolfe on the ballot in November.[5] The Libertarian Party nominee was Mark Rutherford, chairman of the Indiana Public Defender Commission and former vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee.[6]
Incumbent Republican State AuditorTera Klutz was appointed to the office on January 9, 2017 to replace Republican Suzanne Crouch, who was elected Lieutenant Governor.[10] Klutz ran for election to a first full term.[11]