Election in Indiana
2020 Indiana Senate election
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Rodric Bray
Greg Taylor
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
November 20, 2018
November 6, 2020
Leader's seat
37th district
25th district
Seats before
40
10
Seats after
39
11
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
778,292
596,836
Percentage
56.60%
43.40%
Majority Leader before election
Mark Messmer
Republican
Elected Majority Leader
Mark Messmer
Republican
The 2020 Indiana Senate election was held on November 3, 2020 as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of Indiana , coinciding with other elections in the state , including for U.S. president , U.S. House , Indiana governor , and Indiana House , as well as various other state and local elections. Voters elected members to 25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate to serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies. Primary elections were held on June 2.[1]
Following the election, the Republican Party retained supermajority control of the Senate, losing one seat to the Democratic Party in the process.
Retirements [ ]
Two incumbents did not seek re-election in 2020.
District 20: Victoria Spartz (R) retired to run for U.S. House .[2]
District 40: Mark Stoops (D) retired.
Incumbents defeated [ ]
One incumbent lost re-election.
District 30: John Ruckelshaus (R) lost to Fady Qaddoura (D).
Predictions [ ]
Source
Ranking
As of
The Cook Political Report [3]
Safe R
October 21, 2020
Results [ ]
Overview [ ]
Party
Candidates
Votes
%
Seats
Before
Up
Won
After
+/–
Republican
19
778,292
56.60
40
19
18
39
1
Democratic
22
596,836
43.40
10
6
7
11
1
Total
1,375,128
100.00
50
25
25
50
Source: Indiana Election Division
Popular vote
Republican
56.60%
Democratic
43.40%
Senate seats[a]
Republican
72.00%
Democratic
28.00%
Close races [ ]
Two districts had a margin of victory under 10%:
District 30, 5.13% gain
District 36, 7.74%
District 2 [ ]
District 3 [ ]
District 5 [ ]
District 7 [ ]
District 8 [ ]
District 9 [ ]
District 10 [ ]
District 12 [ ]
District 13 [ ]
District 16 [ ]
District 18 [ ]
District 20 [ ]
District 24 [ ]
District 28 [ ]
District 30 [ ]
District 32 [ ]
District 33 [ ]
District 34 [ ]
District 35 [ ]
District 36 [ ]
District 37 [ ]
District 40 [ ]
District 42 [ ]
District 44 [ ]
District 50 [ ]
[ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Excludes seats not up for election.
References [ ]
See also [ ]
2020 Indiana elections
2020 Indiana House of Representatives election
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2019 ← )
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