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Robert Cherry
Robert Cherry (Republican Party) was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing District 53. He assumed office in 1998. He left office on November 6, 2024.
Cherry (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 53. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Cherry's professional experience includes working as a farmer and as director of local government for the Indiana Farm Bureau, Incorporated, as manager with the Farm Credit Center, as coordinator of the Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc, in the Department of Education, and as a teacher/education consultant with the State of Indiana and Greenfield Central High School.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Cherry was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- Elections and Apportionment Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
- Ways and Means Committee, Vice Chair
2021-2022
Cherry was assigned to the following committees:
- Elections and Apportionment Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
- Ways and Means Committee, Vice chair
2019-2020
Cherry was assigned to the following committees:
- Elections and Apportionment Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
- Select Committee on Government Reduction (decommissioned)
- Ways and Means Committee, Vice Chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Indiana committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Government and Regulatory Reform |
• Rules and Legislative Procedures |
• Ways and Means, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Cherry served on the following committees:
Indiana committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Local Government |
• Rules and Legislative Procedures |
• Ways and Means, Vice chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Cherry served on the following committees:
Indiana committee assignments, 2013 |
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• Local Government |
• Rules and Legislative Procedures |
• Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation |
• Ways and Means |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Cherry served on these committees:
Indiana committee assignments, 2011 |
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• Natural Resources |
• Rules and Legislative Procedures |
• Ways and Means |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Cherry served on these committees:
Indiana committee assignments, 2009 |
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• Natural Resources |
• Rules and Legislative Procedures |
• Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
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
Robert Cherry did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry won election in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry (R) | 100.0 | 15,978 |
Total votes: 15,978 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry | 100.0 | 4,820 |
Total votes: 4,820 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Meghan Carver (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry won election in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry (R) | 100.0 | 26,862 |
Total votes: 26,862 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry | 100.0 | 6,888 |
Total votes: 6,888 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry defeated Nancy Tibbett in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry (R) | 70.7 | 17,011 |
Nancy Tibbett (D) | 29.3 | 7,034 |
Total votes: 24,045 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Nancy Tibbett advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Nancy Tibbett | 100.0 | 1,359 |
Total votes: 1,359 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Robert Cherry advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 53 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Cherry | 100.0 | 7,246 |
Total votes: 7,246 | ||||
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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 Robert Cherry defeated Nancy Tibbett and Rick Brown in the Indiana House of Representatives District 53 general election.[1][2]
Indiana House of Representatives, District 53 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
69.51% | 19,964 | |
Democratic | Nancy Tibbett | 23.60% | 6,780 | |
Libertarian | Rick Brown | 6.89% | 1,979 | |
Total Votes | 28,723 | |||
Source: Indiana Election Divsion |
Nancy Tibbett ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 53 Democratic primary.[3][4]
Indiana House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent Robert Cherry ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 53 Republican primary.[3][4]
Indiana House of Representatives, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Republican | ![]() |
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. Incumbent Robert W. Cherry was unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated Ben Parker (L), who filed to run on July 2, 2014, in the general election.[5][6][7]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
81.2% | 9,124 | |
Libertarian | Ben Parker | 18.8% | 2,113 | |
Total Votes | 11,237 |
2012
Cherry won re-election in the 2012 election for Indiana House of Representatives District 53. Cherry defeated Sam Weist in the May 8 Republican primary[8] and defeated Kim Brand (L) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
76.2% | 18,019 | |
Libertarian | Kim Brand | 23.8% | 5,621 | |
Total Votes | 23,640 |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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72.9% | 6,279 |
Sam Weist | 27.1% | 2,339 |
Total Votes | 8,618 |
Endorsements
Cherry was endorsed by the National Rifle Association in the Indiana House of Representatives race in 2012.[11]
2010
Cherry won re-election to the 53rd District seat with no opposition. He received 18,889 votes.[12] The general election took place on November 2, 2010.
In the May 4th primary, Cherry ran unopposed and received 10,176 votes.[13]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Republican Robert Cherry won re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives District 53 receiving 22,749 votes, ahead of Democrat David Baxter (8,052 votes), and Independent John Jessup (3,511 votes).[14]
Indiana House of Representatives, District 53 (2008) | ||||
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Candidates | Votes | |||
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22,749 | |||
David Baxter (D) | 8,052 | |||
John Jessup (I) | 3,511 |
2006
On November 7, 2006, Cherry won re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives District 53 unopposed.[15]
Indiana House of Representatives, District 53 (2006) | ||||
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Candidates | Votes | |||
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14,778 |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Robert Cherry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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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2022
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In 2022, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 4 to March 8.
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2021
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In 2021, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 15.
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2020
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In 2020, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 6 to March 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 24.
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2018
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In 2018, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 2 through March 16.
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2017
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In 2017, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 22.
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2016
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In 2016, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 5 through March 10.
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2015
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In 2015, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 6 through April 29.
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2014
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In 2014, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 6 through March 14.
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2013
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In 2013, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 7 through April 29.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016 General Election candidates," February 5, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "General election 2016 results," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election candidates," February 5, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election Results," accessed August 18, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed August 11, 2014
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- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "List of May 8, 2012, primary candidates," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, “Election Results – Indiana General Election, November 6, 2012,” accessed January 24, 2013
- ↑ NRA Political Victory Fund, "Indiana," accessed April 27, 2012
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2010 Official General Election Results," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2010 Official Primary Election Results," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2008 Official election results," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2006 Official election results," accessed March 6, 2014
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by - |
Indiana House of Representatives District 53 1998-2024 |
Succeeded by Ethan Lawson (R) |
Preceded by - |
At Large Member Hancock County Council 1992-1998 |
Succeeded by - |