Indiana State House District 51
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tony Isa Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Tony IsaRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first winJudy RoweDemocratic
Tony Isa 74.4Judy Rowe 25.6
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Tony Isa (Republican) won by 48.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: IsaRight column: Rowe
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 22,537
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony IsaWon Republican 16,77474.4% DemocraticJudy Rowe Democratic 5,76325.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,227
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon(incumbent) Republican 10,75875.6% DemocraticMichael Travis Democratic 3,46924.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,883
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon(incumbent) Republican 17,63377.1% DemocraticMichael M. Stephenson Democratic 5,25022.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,192
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon(incumbent) Republican 12,90775.1% DemocraticMichael M. Stephenson Democratic 4,28524.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,670
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon(incumbent) Republican 17,670100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,471
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon(incumbent) Republican 9,471100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,474
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis J. ZentWon Republican 13,02566.9% DemocraticLon Keyes Democratic 6,44933.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,945
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard A. DodgeWon(incumbent) Republican 10,23457.0% DemocraticCodie J. Ross Democratic 7,71143.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,920
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard A. DodgeWon(incumbent) Republican 14,73459.1% DemocraticLon N. Keyes Democratic 10,18640.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,230
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard A. DodgeWon(incumbent) Republican 9,01355.5% DemocraticJoe Rauen Democratic 7,21744.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,890
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard A. DodgeWon Republican 14,54763.5% DemocraticJames B. Mason Democratic 8,34336.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,829
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 10,15779.2% LibertarianJeff A. Smith Libertarian 2,67220.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,036
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 17,036100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,349
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 11,349100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,318
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 12,42758.3% DemocraticSteven A. Vaughn Democratic 8,89141.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,163
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 12,163100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,565
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis K. KruseWon(incumbent) Republican 11,56851.3% DemocraticJanet L. Goen Democratic 10,99748.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 74,468
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam CrawfordWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,29329.9% DemocraticJoseph W. SummersWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,16727.1% DemocraticJohn J. DayWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,84726.6% RepublicanPaul D. Sanders Republican 4,1235.5% RepublicanGladys F. Willis Republican 4,0245.4% RepublicanCarolyn Session Republican 4,0145.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 124,597
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph W. SummersWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,41426.8% DemocraticWilliam CrawfordWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,11626.6% DemocraticJohn J. DayWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,11026.6% RepublicanPaul D. Sanders Republican 8,3696.7% RepublicanTanya Barker Republican 8,3686.7% RepublicanClete E. Ladd Republican 8,2206.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 81,375
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph W. SummersWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,60726.6% DemocraticWilliam CrawfordWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,47426.4% DemocraticJohn J. DayWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,26126.1% RepublicanEugene Akers Republican 5,7027.0% RepublicanRay R. Irvin Republican 5,6687.0% RepublicanMichelle L. Bunting Republican 5,6637.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 158,083
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn J. DayWon(incumbent) Democratic 42,66127.0% DemocraticWilliam CrawfordWon(incumbent) Democratic 42,62827.0% DemocraticJoseph W. SummersWon(incumbent) Democratic 42,60126.9% RepublicanJohn Frank Martin Republican 10,0906.4% RepublicanWade Stewart III Republican 10,0636.4% RepublicanDavid Leonards Republican 10,0406.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 147,906
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam CrawfordWon(incumbent) Democratic 41,75628.2% DemocraticJohn J. DayWon(incumbent) Democratic 41,73928.2% DemocraticJoseph W. SummersWon(incumbent) Democratic 41,68628.2% RepublicanJulius Shaw Republican 7,6215.2% RepublicanDavid Leonards Republican 7,5565.1% RepublicanCharles Gebuhr Republican 7,5485.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,434
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarilyn F. SchultzWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,67157.9% RepublicanWayne Greeson Republican 7,76342.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,217
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarilyn F. SchultzWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,22855.5% RepublicanDavid A. Reed Republican 4,98944.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,690
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarilyn F. SchultzWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,64256.9% RepublicanElizabeth E. Bridgewater Republican 8,04843.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,878
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarilyn F. SchultzWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,82259.3% RepublicanThomas O. Middleton Republican 6,05640.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,831
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 51, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarilyn F. SchultzWon Democratic 11,26056.8% RepublicanLester Musgrave Republican 8,57143.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1972 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Indiana State House District 51, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/in/house/51. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:in/sldl:51
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026