Indiana House
District 9
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lee Hamilton |
Democratic |
128,123 |
56.5% |
| Jean Leising |
Republican |
96,442 |
42.5% |
| Diane Feeney |
Libertarian |
2,307 |
1.0% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lee Hamilton |
Democratic |
52,737 |
86.2% |
| E. Joe Finke |
Democratic |
8,419 |
13.8% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jean Leising |
Republican |
27,740 |
81.0% |
| Jesse Hall |
Republican |
6,506 |
19.0% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
92,973 |
50.8% |
| Jean Leising |
Republican |
87,797 |
47.9% |
| Diane Feeney |
Libertarian |
2,406 |
1.3% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
43,970 |
70.4% |
| James McClure Jr. |
Democratic |
10,776 |
17.3% |
| Fred Holt |
Democratic |
7,707 |
12.3% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jean Leising |
Republican |
22,818 |
67.2% |
| Michael Bailey |
Republican |
8,513 |
25.1% |
| Clifford Fisher |
Republican |
1,430 |
4.2% |
| Cecil Copley |
Republican |
1,187 |
3.5% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
126,420 |
54.2% |
| Michael Bailey |
Republican |
102,219 |
43.8% |
| Sara Chambers |
Libertarian |
4,644 |
2.0% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
42,235 |
85.5% |
| James McClure Jr. |
Democratic |
5,264 |
10.7% |
| Lendall Terry |
Democratic |
1,921 |
3.9% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Michael Bailey |
Republican |
14,314 |
51.3% |
| Kevin Kellems |
Republican |
13,590 |
48.7% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
96,654 |
51.2% |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
87,169 |
46.1% |
| Jeff Melton |
Green |
2,745 |
1.5% |
| Al Cox |
Libertarian |
2,389 |
1.3% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
15,109 |
44.5% |
| Chris Redmon |
Republican |
9,380 |
27.6% |
| Jeff Ellington |
Republican |
6,684 |
19.7% |
| David Fowler |
Republican |
2,757 |
8.1% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
142,197 |
49.5% |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
140,772 |
49.0% |
| Al Cox |
Libertarian |
4,541 |
1.6% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
47,514 |
88.2% |
| Lendall Terry |
Democratic |
6,335 |
11.8% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
110,454 |
50.0% |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
100,469 |
45.5% |
| Eric Schansberg |
Libertarian |
9,893 |
4.5% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
53,883 |
79.2% |
| Gretchen Clearwater |
Democratic |
9,415 |
13.8% |
| Lendall Terry |
Democratic |
2,501 |
3.7% |
| John Hockersmith |
Democratic |
2,267 |
3.3% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
30,273 |
80.4% |
| Sam Schultz |
Republican |
7,363 |
19.6% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
181,282 |
57.8% |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
120,529 |
38.4% |
| D. Eric Schansberg |
Libertarian |
11,994 |
3.8% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
99,332 |
67.6% |
| Gretchen Clearwater |
Democratic |
23,157 |
15.8% |
| John Bottorff |
Democratic |
18,963 |
12.9% |
| Lendall Terry |
Democratic |
5,429 |
3.7% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
32,101 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Todd Young |
Republican |
118,040 |
52.4% |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
95,353 |
42.3% |
| Greg Knott |
Libertarian |
12,070 |
5.4% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Baron Hill |
Democratic |
37,493 |
69.6% |
| John Bottorff |
Democratic |
7,628 |
14.2% |
| Carol Johnson-Smith |
Democratic |
4,679 |
8.7% |
| James McClure |
Democratic |
2,399 |
4.5% |
| Lendall Terry |
Democratic |
1,685 |
3.1% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Todd Young |
Republican |
19,141 |
34.6% |
| Travis Hankins |
Republican |
17,909 |
32.3% |
| Mike Sodrel |
Republican |
16,868 |
30.5% |
| Rick Warren |
Republican |
1,453 |
2.6% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
675,599 |
| Percentage White |
94.8% |
| Percentage Black |
2.3% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
0.9% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.0% |
| Percentage Other Race |
0.7% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
1.5% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
94.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
2.3% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
2.0% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$39,011 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
41.2% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
10.5% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
44.5% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
32.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
43.8% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
3.7% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
12.1% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
49.6% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
17.3% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
26.9% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
23.7% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
23.9% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
54.6% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
23.8% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |

Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012