Created by WikiDwarfBOT
Last edited July 22, 2023


2018 Indiana elections
Template:Country data Indiana
← 2016 November 6, 2018 2020 →

Template:ElectionsIN A general election was held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 6, 2018. Three of Indiana's executive offices were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives.

United States Senate[edit | edit source]

United States House of Representatives[edit | edit source]

Secretary of State[edit | edit source]

2018 Indiana Secretary of State election
Template:Country data Indiana
← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →
 
Nominee Connie Lawson Jim Harper
Party Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States)
Popular vote 1,261,878 910,744
Percentage 56.2% 40.6%


Secretary of State before election

Connie Lawson
Republican Party (United States)

Elected Secretary of State

Connie Lawson
Republican Party (United States)

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who was appointed to the office in 2012, ran for re-election to a second full term in office.[1]

Jim Harper, an attorney and 2016 Democratic nominee for the state senate in the 5th District, sought the Democratic nomination.[2] Potential Democratic candidates include Monroe County Councilwoman Shelli Yoder.[3]

The Indiana Green Party nominated George Wolfe, a Professor Emeritus at Ball State University and former Director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.[4] The party has to collect 30,000 signatures to get George Wolfe on the ballot in November.[5] The Libertarian Party nominee was Mark Rutherford, chairman of the Indiana Public Defender Commission and former vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee.[6]

Predictions[edit | edit source]

Source Ranking As of
Governing magazine[7] Template:USRaceRating June 4, 2018

Polling[edit | edit source]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Connie
Lawson (R)
Jim
Harper (D)
Other[8] Undecided
Gravis Marketing May 10–15, 2018 400 ± 4.9% Template:Party shading/Republican align=center| 33% 23% 14% 31%

Results[edit | edit source]

Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box majority no change Template:Election box total no change

|}

Treasurer[edit | edit source]

Indiana State Treasurer election, 2018
Template:Country data Indiana
← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →
 
Nominee Kelly Mitchell John C. Aguilera
Party Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States)
Popular vote 1,300,631 910,744
Percentage 58.6% 41.4%


Treasurer before election

Kelly Mitchell
Republican Party (United States)

Elected Treasurer

Kelly Mitchell
Republican Party (United States)

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change

|}

Auditor[edit | edit source]

Indiana Auditor election, 2018
Template:Country data Indiana
← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →
 
Nominee Tera Klutz Joselyn Whitticker
Party Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States)
Popular vote 1,235,579 913,701
Percentage 55.5% 41.0%


Auditor before election

Tera Klutz
Republican Party (United States)

Elected Auditor

Tera Klutz
Republican Party (United States)

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Tera Klutz was appointed to the office on January 9, 2017 to replace Republican Suzanne Crouch, who was elected lieutenant governor.[9] Klutz ran for election to a first full term.[10]

Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change

|}

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Carden, Dan (May 4, 2017). "Lawson seeking re-election as Indiana secretary of state". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  2. Kasarda, Bob (January 17, 2018). "Porter County attorney Jim Harper seeking Democratic nomination for secretary of state". NWI Times. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. Howey, Brian A. (April 6, 2017). "As Trump tanks in polls, 2018 Indiana cycle begins to form" (PDF). Howey Politics. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. Morris, Tyrone (January 26, 2018). "Indiana Green Party Announces Secretary of State Candidate". 44News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  5. "Ball State professor campaigning to run for Indiana Secretary of State". Ball State Daily News. January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  6. Carden, Dan (May 8, 2018). "Valparaiso law school grad is Libertarian Party nominee for Indiana secretary of state". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  7. Jacobson, Louis (4 June 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. Mark Rutherford (L) 10%, George Wolfe (G) 4%
  9. Smith, Brandon (January 9, 2017). "Holcomb, Four Others Inaugurated For Statewide Offices". Indiana Public Media. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  10. Grant, Mike (May 19, 2017). "Appointed State Auditor ready to make run". Washington Times Herald. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

External links[edit | edit source]

Official Secretary of State campaign websites
Official State Treasurer campaign websites
Official State Auditor campaign websites

Template:2018 United States elections