Indiana State Senate District 42

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Jean Leising Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Jean Leising (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon	Republican	52,778100.0%	100.0%

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon(incumbent)	Republican	47,463100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,928
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon(incumbent)	Republican	37,84372.9%	72.9%
DemocraticRandy A. Howard	Democratic	14,08527.1%	27.1%

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon(incumbent)	Republican	37,152100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,561
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon	Republican	31,98667.3%	67.3%
DemocraticWarren F. Goodrich	Democratic	15,57532.8%	32.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,349
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert N. JackmanWon(incumbent)	Republican	31,54969.6%	69.6%
DemocraticBarry A. Welsh	Democratic	13,80030.4%	30.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,716
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert N. JackmanWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,31389.9%	89.9%
LibertarianAlbert Barger	Libertarian	3,40310.1%	10.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,453
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert N. JackmanWon	Republican	22,42654.1%	54.1%
DemocraticJohn D. Lux	Democratic	19,02745.9%	45.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,818
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon(incumbent)	Republican	28,03062.5%	62.5%
DemocraticM. Ilene Bailey	Democratic	16,78837.5%	37.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,178
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJean LeisingWon	Republican	24,90759.0%	59.0%
DemocraticR. Jeffrey McDaniel	Democratic	17,27141.0%	41.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,939
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanThomas D. HessionWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,72156.3%	56.3%
DemocraticR. Jeff McDaniel	Democratic	19,21843.7%	43.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,510
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanThomas D. HessionWon	Republican	23,48855.3%	55.3%
DemocraticThomas J. Wheeler(incumbent)	Democratic	19,02244.8%	44.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,207
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas J. WheelerWon	Democratic	21,11150.0%	50.0%
RepublicanRobert L. Sheaffer(incumbent)	Republican	21,09650.0%	50.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,286
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 42, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert L. SheafferWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,61659.6%	59.6%
DemocraticMorgan L. Miers	Democratic	16,67040.4%	40.4%

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

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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:42

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