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Last updated: Oct 1, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Indiana within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include office for governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, nine U.S. Representatives, one U.S. Senator, 100 state Representatives, 25 state Senators, three State Supreme Court Justices, and two Intermediate Appellate Court Justices. Additionally, there is one statewide ballot measure on the ballot in Indiana. On this page, you will also find information regarding:
- How to vote in Indiana
- The elected offices that Indiana voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Indiana that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Indiana will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Indiana congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Indiana
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Indiana
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Indiana
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Indiana
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Indiana elections, 2024
Indiana voters will elect one U.S. Senator and nine U.S. Representatives. The Senate seat is open because incumbent Mike Braun (R) is running for governor. Three U.S. House districts are open because the incumbent did not run for re-election.
There are three state executive offices up for election: Governor of Indiana, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and Attorney General of Indiana. Incumbent Governor Eric Holcomb (R) is term-limited, and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch (R) ran unsuccessfully for governor. Incumbent Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) is running for re-election.
All 100 seats in the state House are up for election. 25 seats in the state Senate are up for a regularly scheduled election.
Three seats on the state supreme court and two on the intermediate appellate court are up for election. Indiana is one of 20 states that use retention elections at the state supreme court level and one of 19 states that use this method for at least one type of court below the supreme court level.
Thirteen school districts are up for election. These districts are among the 475 school districts included in Ballotpedia's coverage of school board elections. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.
Municipal elections will be held in Indianapolis for coroner, surveyor, treasurer and superior court judges. Municipal elections will also be held in Allen County for coroner, surveyor, treasurer, board of commissioners, county council, and circuit court judge. Allen County is one of 80 counties included in Ballotpedia's coverage of municipal elections.
Below is a list of Indiana elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
Indiana elections, 2024 | ||
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Office | Elections? | More information |
U.S. Senate | ✓ | Click here |
U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
Congress special election | — | — |
Governor | ✓ | Click here |
Other state executive | ✓ | Click here |
State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
State House | ✓ | Click here |
Special state legislative | — | — |
State Supreme Court | ✓ | Click here |
Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ | Click here |
School boards | ✓ | Click here |
Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
Recalls | — | — |
Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Local ballot measures | — | — |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Oct 1, 2024, Ballotpedia has identified one election as a battleground race. These are the races that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling.
- Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2024: Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D), Randell Niemeyer (R), and four other candidates are running. In 2022, Mrvan's margin of victory was 4.8 percentage points. As of Oct 1, 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings for the general election, with two rating it Likely Democratic and two rating it Lean Democratic.
Ballot measures
- See also: Indiana 2024 ballot measures
There is one statewide ballot measure on the ballot in Indiana.
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Remove Superintendent of Public Instruction from Gubernatorial Line of Succession Amendment | Remove the superintendent of public instruction from the gubernatorial line of succession |
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1,389,918 (54%) |
1,203,470 (46%) |
12 ballot measures were on the ballot in Indiana from 1996 to 2022. Voters approved ten measures and defeated zero.
State analysis
Partisan balance
Republican represent seven districts and Democrats represent two in Indiana's U.S. House delegation. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Both of Indiana's U.S. Senators—Todd Young and Mike Braun—are Republicans. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
Republicans have a 40-10 majority in the state Senate and a 70-30 majority in the state House. Republicans have held a majority in the state Senate since 1979 and have had a majority in the state House since 2011.
Because the governor is a Republican, Indiana is one of 23 states with a Republican trifecta. It has held this status since 2011, when the Republican majority assumed office in the state House. Indiana's attorney general and secretary of state are also Republican. This makes Indiana one of 25 states with a Republican triplex. It has held this status since 2005.
Past presidential election results in Indiana
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2024
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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Democratic | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
Republican | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
New Republican | D | D | R |
Following the 2020 presidential election, 61.7% of Hoosiers lived in one of the state's 82 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 27.8% lived in one of four Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Indiana was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Indiana following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
Indiana county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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Solid Republican | 82 | 61.7% | |||||
Solid Democratic | 4 | 27.8% | |||||
Trending Republican | 5 | 7.7% | |||||
New Democratic | 1 | 2.7% | |||||
Total voted Democratic | 5 | 30.6% | |||||
Total voted Republican | 87 | 69.4% |
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, Indiana had a Competitiveness Index of 26.2, ranking it 33rd of the 44 states that held elections.
- Nine of the 125 seats up for election were open (7%).
- 29 of the 116 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (25%).
- 58 of the 125 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (46%).
2010-2024
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State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Indiana, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 9.6% | 18.6% | 72.0% | 33.4 | 22 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 18.4% | 16.5% | 66.4% | 33.8 | 26 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 6.4% | 9.4% | 50.4% | 22.1 | 38 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | 13.6% | 15.7% | 64.0% | 31.1 | 22 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 11.2% | 20.7% | 68.8% | 33.6 | 28 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 8.0% | 20.0% | 67.2% | 31.7 | 26 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 11.2% | 26.3% | 56.0% | 31.2 | 33 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 7.2% | 25.0% | 46.4% | 26.2 | 33 / 44 |
In 2024
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State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Indiana, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
House | 8.0% | 23.9% | 49.0% | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senate | 4.0% | 29.2% | 36.0% | 23.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 7.2% | 25.0% | 46.4% | 26.2 |
List of candidates
See also
Footnotes