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Dan Dernulc
Dan Dernulc (Republican Party) is a member of the Indiana State Senate, representing District 1. He assumed office on November 9, 2022. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.
Dernulc (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 1. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Dan Dernulc lives in Highland, Indiana. Dernulc earned a bachelor's degree from Purdue University Northwest in electrical engineering technology. His career experience includes working as the project manager of the Corporate Security Office of AT&T.[1][2][3]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Dernulc was assigned to the following committees:
- Education and Career Development Committee
- Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
- Senate Local Government Committee
- Pensions and Labor Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 1
Dan Dernulc defeated incumbent Michael Griffin in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Dernulc (R) | 52.3 | 23,486 |
 | Michael Griffin (D) | 47.7 | 21,392 | |
| Total votes: 44,878 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 1
Incumbent Michael Griffin defeated Martin Del Rio in the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 1 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Griffin | 65.9 | 4,413 |
| Martin Del Rio | 34.1 | 2,288 | ||
| Total votes: 6,701 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 1
Dan Dernulc advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 1 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Dernulc | 100.0 | 5,906 |
| Total votes: 5,906 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 28.
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2016 Republican National Convention
Dernulc was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana. All 57 delegates from Indiana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[4] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
In Indiana, district-level delegates were selected by congressional district committees, while at-large delegates were selected by the state committee. 2016 Indiana GOP bylaws required Indiana delegates to vote at the national convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting, unless that candidate was not on the nominating ballot.
Indiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2016
| Indiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 6,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 8,914 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,738 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.6% | 406,783 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,494 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 84,111 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 4,306 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.5% | 5,175 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
53.3% | 591,514 | 57 | |
| Totals | 1,110,543 | 57 | ||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
99 percent of precincts reporting.
Delegate allocation
Indiana had 57 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts) pledged to adhere to the results of the presidential preference primary in their respective congressional districts. Indiana's pledged Republican delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in a given district won all of that district's delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 30 delegates, 27 served at large. These delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest share of the statewide vote in the primary was allocated all of the at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[5][6]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Indiana State Senate District 1 |
Officeholder Indiana State Senate District 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Daniel Dernulc," accessed January 13, 2023
- ↑ Indiana Senate Republicans, "Dan Dernulc," accessed January 13, 2023
- ↑ Dan Dernulc State Senate, "Meet Dan," accessed January 13, 2023
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Indiana GOP names delegates to Republican National Convention," April 14, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by Michael Griffin (D) |
Indiana State Senate District 1 2022-Present |
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