Indiana State Senate District 44

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Eric Koch (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEric KochWon	Republican	47,729100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,174
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEric KochWon(incumbent)	Republican	43,90773.0%	73.0%
DemocraticCynthia Wirth	Democratic	16,26727.0%	27.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,310
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEric KochWon	Republican	36,87567.9%	67.9%
DemocraticLinda Kay Henderson	Democratic	15,40628.4%	28.4%
LibertarianDarin S. Kinser	Libertarian	2,0293.7%	3.7%

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBrent SteeleWon(incumbent)	Republican	38,691100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 48,973
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBrent E. SteeleWon(incumbent)	Republican	29,67660.6%	60.6%
DemocraticMatthew S. Colglazier	Democratic	19,29739.4%	39.4%

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBrent SteeleWon	Republican	36,581100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,256
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky SkillmanWon(incumbent)	Republican	33,12591.4%	91.4%
LibertarianSeth Lambton	Libertarian	3,1318.6%	8.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 40,997
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky SkillmanWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,92260.8%	60.8%
DemocraticC. Austin Pritchett	Democratic	16,07539.2%	39.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,356
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky SkillmanWon	Republican	25,16056.7%	56.7%
DemocraticJeffrey J. Lorenzo	Democratic	19,19643.3%	43.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,124
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoseph V. CorcoranWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,67457.2%	57.2%
DemocraticJoseph M. Robertson II	Democratic	18,45042.8%	42.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,498
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoseph V. CorcoranWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,74755.6%	55.6%
DemocraticWilliam L. Bevers	Democratic	19,75144.4%	44.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,256
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoseph V. CorcoranWon	Republican	23,28051.4%	51.4%
DemocraticJames W. Spurgeon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,97648.6%	48.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,161
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames W. SpurgeonWon	Democratic	22,69050.2%	50.2%
RepublicanRalph E. Anderson	Republican	22,47149.8%	49.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,047
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 44, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEarl WilsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	21,54450.0%	50.0%
DemocraticMarvin E. Klaes	Democratic	21,50350.0%	50.0%

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:44

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