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Edward Clere
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Indiana House of Representatives District 72
Tenure

2008 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

17

Compensation

Base salary

$32,070.24/year

Per diem

$196/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University Southeast

Personal
Profession
Real Estate Broker
Contact

Edward Clere (Republican Party) (also known as Ed) is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing District 72. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Clere (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 72. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Clere's professional experience includes working as a real estate broker and Director of the Southern Indiana Realtors Association.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Clere was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Clere was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Clere was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Indiana committee assignments, 2017
Education
Public Policy
Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Clere served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Clere served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Clere served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Clere served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere defeated Jason Applegate in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere (R)
 
57.3
 
19,507
Image of Jason Applegate
Jason Applegate (D)
 
42.7
 
14,553

Total votes: 34,060
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Jason Applegate advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Applegate
Jason Applegate
 
100.0
 
2,417

Total votes: 2,417
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere
 
100.0
 
4,376

Total votes: 4,376
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere defeated Keil Roark in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere (R)
 
60.4
 
13,386
Image of Keil Roark
Keil Roark (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.6
 
8,773

Total votes: 22,159
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Keil Roark advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Keil Roark
Keil Roark Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,340

Total votes: 2,340
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere defeated Jackie Bright Grubbs and Thomas Jones in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere
 
50.2
 
3,021
Image of Jackie Bright Grubbs
Jackie Bright Grubbs Candidate Connection
 
36.7
 
2,208
Thomas Jones
 
13.1
 
786

Total votes: 6,015
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere defeated Erica Lawrence in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere (R)
 
59.4
 
20,850
Image of Erica Lawrence
Erica Lawrence (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.6
 
14,275

Total votes: 35,125
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Erica Lawrence advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Erica Lawrence
Erica Lawrence Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,559

Total votes: 5,559
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere
 
100.0
 
5,624

Total votes: 5,624
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2018

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere defeated Sam Charbonneau in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere (R)
 
55.1
 
14,957
Image of Sam Charbonneau
Sam Charbonneau (D)
 
44.9
 
12,178

Total votes: 27,135
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Sam Charbonneau defeated Christopher FitzGerald in the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sam Charbonneau
Sam Charbonneau
 
55.9
 
2,282
Christopher FitzGerald
 
44.1
 
1,802

Total votes: 4,084
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72

Incumbent Edward Clere advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 72 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Clere
Edward Clere
 
100.0
 
3,223

Total votes: 3,223
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2016

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 3, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 5, 2016.

Incumbent Ed Clere defeated Steve Bonifer in the Indiana House of Representatives District 72 general election.[2][3]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ed Clere Incumbent 57.25% 18,092
     Democratic Steve Bonifer 42.75% 13,511
Total Votes 31,603
Source: Indiana Election Divsion


Steve Bonifer ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 72 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Steve Bonifer  (unopposed)


Incumbent Ed Clere ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 72 Republican primary.[4][5]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ed Clere Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Kevin Sue Bailey was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Edward D. "Ed" Clere was unopposed in the Republican primary. Clere defeated Bailey in the general election.[6][7]

Indiana House of Representatives 72, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngEdward D. "Ed" Clere Incumbent 56.6% 9,076
     Democratic Kevin Sue Bailey 43.4% 6,964
Total Votes 16,040

2012

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2012

Clere won re-election in the 2012 election for Indiana House of Representatives District 72. Clere ran unopposed in the May 8 Republican primary and defeated Sharon Grabowski (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngEdward D. Clere Incumbent 54.4% 16,177
     Democratic Sharon Grabowski 45.6% 13,557
Total Votes 29,734

2010

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2010

Clere defeated Democratic candidate Shane Gibson by a margin of 12,408 to 9,087 to win re-election.[10] The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

In the May 4th primary, Clere ran unopposed and received 3,613 votes.[11]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Edward Clere (R) 12,408
Shane Gibson (D) 9,807

2008

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Republican Edward Clere won election to the Indiana House of Representatives District 72 receiving 14,985 votes, ahead of Democrat William Cochran who received 14,877 votes.[12]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 72 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Edward Clere (R) 14,985
William Cochran (D) 14,877

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Edward Clere did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Edward Clere campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Indiana House of Representatives District 72Won general$61,450 $33,735
2022Indiana House of Representatives District 72Won general$151,356 $97,755
2020Indiana House of Representatives District 72Won general$116,734 N/A**
2018Indiana House of Representatives District 72Won general$65,199 N/A**
2016Indiana House of Representatives, District 72Won $63,072 N/A**
2014Indiana House of Representatives, District 72Won $166,635 N/A**
2012Indiana State House, District 72Won $127,329 N/A**
2010Indiana State House, District 72Won $293,834 N/A**
2008Indiana State House, District 72Won $163,390 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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