Indiana State House District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ethan Lawson Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Ethan LawsonRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Ethan Lawson (Republican) won by 40.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Ethan LawsonIncumbentRepublican
Source: in.gov (XLSX), dated Sep 22
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History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,735
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEthan LawsonWon Republican 24,45470.4% DemocraticNate Anderson Democratic 10,28129.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,978
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 15,978100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,862
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 26,862100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,045
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 17,01170.8% DemocraticNancy Tibbett Democratic 7,03429.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,723
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 19,96469.5% DemocraticNancy L. Webb-Tibbett Democratic 6,78023.6% LibertarianRichard Brown Jr. Libertarian 1,9796.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,237
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 9,12481.2% LibertarianBenjamin Parker Libertarian 2,11318.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,640
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 18,01976.2% LibertarianKim J. Brand Libertarian 5,62123.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,889
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 18,889100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,312
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 22,74966.3% DemocraticDavid N. Baxter Democratic 8,05223.5% IndependentJohn D. Jessup Independent 3,51110.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,778
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 14,778100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,235
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 22,90187.3% LibertarianKim J. Brand Libertarian 3,33412.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,247
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 13,11686.0% LibertarianKim J. Brand Libertarian 2,13114.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,963
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon(incumbent) Republican 18,87886.0% LibertarianKim J. Brand Libertarian 3,08514.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,010
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. CherryWon Republican 11,84859.2% DemocraticSarah M. Wolf Democratic 7,29936.5% LibertarianPhillip A. Miller Libertarian 8634.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,174
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNick GullingWon(incumbent) Republican 20,174100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,945
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNick GullingWon(incumbent) Republican 13,945100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,361
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNick GullingWon Republican 12,56051.6% DemocraticSarah M. Wolf(incumbent) Democratic 11,80148.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,568
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSarah M. WolfWon Democratic 7,78650.0% RepublicanRay Richardson(incumbent) Republican 7,78250.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,414
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRay RichardsonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,35050.6% DemocraticSarah M. Wolf Democratic 11,06449.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,465
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRay RichardsonWon(incumbent) Republican 9,29060.1% DemocraticWilliam Michael Hardin Democratic 6,17539.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,273
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRay RichardsonWon(incumbent) Republican 13,82765.0% DemocraticCharles W. Merlau Jr. Democratic 7,44635.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,985
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRay RichardsonWon(incumbent) Republican 10,87260.5% DemocraticCharles W. Merlau Jr. Democratic 7,11339.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,997
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHerbert Jack MullendoreWon(incumbent) Republican 13,01059.1% DemocraticNoel Custer Baker Democratic 8,73639.7% OtherKenneth P. Reguli Other 2511.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,498
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHerbert Jack MullendoreWon Republican 8,11656.0% DemocraticSterling M. Haltom Democratic 6,38244.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,074
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald BoysWon Republican 10,53152.5% DemocraticSterling M. Haltom(incumbent) Democratic 9,54347.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,750
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSterling M. HaltomWon Democratic 7,88250.0% RepublicanH. Jack Mullendore(incumbent) Republican 7,86850.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,286
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Jack MullendoreWon(incumbent) Republican 12,45968.1% DemocraticMary Partenheimer Webb Democratic 5,82731.9%
- 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 53, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/in/house/53. 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:53
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026