Indiana State Senate District 5

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Ed Charbonneau (Republican) won by 32.0 points, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 65,904
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEd CharbonneauWon	Republican	43,48566.0%	66.0%
DemocraticLeslie Nuss Bamesberger	Democratic	22,41934.0%	34.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 66,404
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEd CharbonneauWon(incumbent)	Republican	43,66465.8%	65.8%
DemocraticLuke Bohm	Democratic	22,74034.2%	34.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 58,399
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEd CharbonneauWon(incumbent)	Republican	34,77159.5%	59.5%
DemocraticJames Harper	Democratic	23,62840.5%	40.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,805
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEd CharbonneauWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,03954.8%	54.8%
DemocraticPorter	Democratic	24,76645.2%	45.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 52,555
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEd CharbonneauWon	Republican	28,71654.6%	54.6%
DemocraticLarry W. Balmer	Democratic	23,83945.4%	45.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 49,151
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanVictor HeinoldWon	Republican	24,75350.4%	50.4%
DemocraticNancy Dembowski	Democratic	24,39849.6%	49.6%

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam E. AlexaWon(incumbent)	Democratic	34,017100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,721
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam E. AlexaWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,81160.8%	60.8%
RepublicanRex Richards	Republican	17,91039.2%	39.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,992
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam E. AlexaWon(incumbent)	Democratic	24,03651.1%	51.1%
RepublicanMichael J. Aylesworth	Republican	22,95648.9%	48.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,776
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam E. AlexaWon	Democratic	22,98151.3%	51.3%
RepublicanWilliam Costas(incumbent)	Republican	21,79548.7%	48.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,520
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWilliam CostasWon(incumbent)	Republican	28,82463.3%	63.3%
DemocraticAdrian Anthony Wilson	Democratic	16,69636.7%	36.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 49,623
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWilliam CostasWon	Republican	31,69863.9%	63.9%
DemocraticRonald J. Miller	Democratic	17,92536.1%	36.1%

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn R. LarsonWon	Republican	25,51156.0%	56.0%
DemocraticWarren Munro	Democratic	20,05944.0%	44.0%

Indiana Senate District 5, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKing TelleWon	Republican	26,42464.9%	64.9%
DemocraticGlen L. Firme	Democratic	14,31435.1%	35.1%

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
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:5

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