Indiana State Senate District 28
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Michael Crider Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Michael Crider (Republican) won by 55.9 points, 2024
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History (14 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 57,325
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael CriderWon Republican 44,68778.0% LibertarianTravis E. Chittum Libertarian 12,63822.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 68,016
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael CriderWon(incumbent) Republican 42,58262.6% DemocraticTheresa Bruno Democratic 25,43437.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,576
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael CriderWon(incumbent) Republican 38,40464.5% DemocraticKen Kern Democratic 21,16635.5% OtherJerry Todd Coverstone Other 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,160
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael R. CriderWon Republican 34,03561.7% DemocraticMichael L. Adkins Democratic 21,12538.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 75,047
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon(incumbent) Republican 50,45967.2% DemocraticMike Brinegar Democratic 24,58832.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,402
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon(incumbent) Republican 48,47289.1% LibertarianBrett S. Glaze Libertarian 5,93010.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,373
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon(incumbent) Republican 44,06589.3% LibertarianPhilip Aaron Libertarian 5,30810.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,236
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon(incumbent) Republican 41,236100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,484
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon(incumbent) Republican 33,70769.5% DemocraticWilliam R. Hunter Democratic 14,77730.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,105
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. GardWon Republican 22,97555.9% DemocraticMichael B. Oconnor Democratic 18,13044.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,896
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael K. RogersWon Republican 25,89564.9% DemocraticLarry Abrams Democratic 14,00135.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,385
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartin K. EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 22,52350.7% DemocraticFrederick R. Donnell Democratic 21,86249.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,876
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartin K. EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 23,72954.1% DemocraticThomas Earl Williams Democratic 20,14745.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,097
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Indiana Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartin K. EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 25,72364.2% DemocraticJames B. Stephens Democratic 14,37435.9%
- 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 2020: 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
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Indiana State Senate District 28, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/in/senate/28. 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/sldu:28
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026