Indiana State House District 81

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Martin Carbaugh Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Martin CarbaughRepublican · Incumbent14 years since first win

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Martin Carbaugh (R) 64.9, Abby Norden (D) 35.1

Sharon L WightDemocratic

Last election: Martin Carbaugh (Republican) won by 29.8 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Donor-based spectrum: LiberalCentristConservativeCarbaughNo published score for Wight
Races: Won 7 of 7; None listed
Years since first win: 14; Not available

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Sharon L WightDemocratic
Martin CarbaughIncumbentRepublican

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History (17 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 32,245
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon	Republican	20,91364.9%	64.9%
DemocraticAbby Norden	Democratic	11,33235.1%	35.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,892
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon(incumbent)	Republican	14,85499.7%	99.7%
Abby Norden	Write-in	380.3%	0.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,378
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,72552.0%	52.0%
DemocraticKyle R. Miller	Democratic	12,65348.0%	48.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,573
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,50453.7%	53.7%
DemocraticKyle R. Miller	Democratic	9,06946.3%	46.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,863
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,92560.9%	60.9%
DemocraticRobert Haddad	Democratic	8,93839.1%	39.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,634
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon(incumbent)	Republican	6,92659.5%	59.5%
DemocraticThaddeus Gerardot	Democratic	4,70840.5%	40.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,597
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin CarbaughWon	Republican	11,68151.7%	51.7%
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.(incumbent)	Democratic	9,97944.2%	44.2%
LibertarianAvery	Libertarian	9374.2%	4.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,315
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	5,35251.9%	51.9%
RepublicanMichael M. Obergfell	Republican	4,55944.2%	44.2%
LibertarianElizabeth Sepponen	Libertarian	4043.9%	3.9%

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. MosesWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,475100.0%	100.0%

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	7,842100.0%	100.0%

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	11,893100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 9,373
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	4,71850.3%	50.3%
RepublicanMatthew G. Kelty	Republican	4,65549.7%	49.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,367
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	8,57364.1%	64.1%
RepublicanBob Conley	Republican	4,79435.9%	35.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,046
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	6,21861.9%	61.9%
RepublicanJuanita L. Clay	Republican	3,82838.1%	38.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,054
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	9,56063.5%	63.5%
RepublicanDonald L. Edgar	Republican	5,49436.5%	36.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,454
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	6,60357.6%	57.6%
RepublicanDonald L. Edgar	Republican	4,85142.4%	42.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,976
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWinfield C. Moses Jr.Won	Democratic	11,18662.2%	62.2%
RepublicanDonald L. Edgar	Republican	6,79037.8%	37.8%

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
1992 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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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:81

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026