Indiana State House District 97
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Justin Moed Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Justin Moed 58.2Mark A Renholzberger 2.8
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Justin Moed (Democratic) won by 19.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: MoedRight column: Renholzberger
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeMoedNo published score for Renholzberger
- Races
- Won 7 of 7
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 14
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Justin MoedIncumbentDemocratic
- Mark A RenholzbergerLibertarian
Source: in.gov (XLSX), dated Sep 22
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History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 15,167
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon Democratic 8,83158.2% RepublicanStephen Whitmer Republican 5,90739.0% LibertarianMark A. Renholzberger Libertarian 4292.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,674
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,10358.8% RepublicanJohn P. Schmitz Republican 3,33338.4% LibertarianEdgar Amaro Villegas Libertarian 2382.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,485
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,70755.5% RepublicanJohn P. Schmitz Republican 6,96239.8% OtherMark A. Renholzberger Other 8164.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,635
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,635100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,134
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,83461.0% RepublicanDale Nye Republican 6,30039.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,689
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,689100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,286
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJustin MoedWon Democratic 8,32558.3% RepublicanAj Feeneyruiz Republican 5,96141.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,889
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann SullivanWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,17258.2% RepublicanWesley Keith Robinson Republican 3,71741.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,982
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann SullivanWon Democratic 9,43055.5% RepublicanJon Elrod(incumbent) Republican 7,55244.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,885
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon ElrodWon Republican 4,44650.0% DemocraticEdmund M. Mahern(incumbent) Democratic 4,43950.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,351
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdmund M. MahernWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,70553.7% RepublicanRoxanne Butler Republican 6,64646.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,550
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdmund M. MahernWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,01690.4% LibertarianBrad Klopfenstein Libertarian 5349.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,073
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdmund M. MahernWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,58255.4% RepublicanBob Smith Republican 4,18041.5% LibertarianAndrew F. Hart Libertarian 3113.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,411
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdmund M. MahernWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,59654.6% RepublicanRaymond C. Schultz Republican 3,81545.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,740
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdmund M. MahernWon Democratic 6,36854.2% RepublicanIrene Heffley(incumbent) Republican 5,37245.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,819
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanIrene HeffleyWon Republican 4,78254.2% DemocraticPaul F. Cantwell(incumbent) Democratic 4,03745.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,929
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana House of Representatives District 97, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul F. CantwellWon Democratic 7,09450.9% RepublicanIrene Heffley Republican 6,83549.1%
- 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Indiana State House District 97, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/in/house/97. 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:97
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