2016 Indiana elections

{{Short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = Indiana elections, 2016 | country = Indiana | type = presidential | ongoing = no | previous_year = 2014 | next_year = 2018 | election_date = November 8, 2016 | turnout = }} {{ElectionsIN}} A '''general election''' was held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 8, 2016. Elections were held for President of the United States, United States Senator, Governor of Indiana, two of Indiana's executive officers and all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives.

==President of the United States== {{main|2016 United States presidential election in Indiana}}

==United States Senate== {{main|2016 United States Senate election in Indiana}}

==United States House of Representatives== {{main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana}}

==Governor== {{main|2016 Indiana gubernatorial election}}

==Attorney general== {{Infobox election | election_name = Indiana Attorney General election, 2016 | country = Indiana | type = presidential | ongoing = no | previous_year = 2012 | next_year = 2020 | election_date = November 8, 2016 | turnout = | image1 = File:Curtis Hill DOJ panel (1).jpg | image_size = 150x150px | nominee1 = '''Curtis Hill''' | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | colour1 = | popular_vote1 = '''1,643,689''' | percentage1 = '''62.31%''' | image2 = File:3x4.svg | nominee2 = Lorenzo Arredondo | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | colour2 = | popular_vote2 = 994,085 | percentage2 = 37.69% | | map_image = {{switcher |160px |County results |160px |Congressional district results |160px |Precinct results}} | map_caption = '''Hill:''' {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#C21B18|80–90%}} {{legend0|#A80000|>90%}} '''Arredondo:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}} {{legend0|#0D0596|>90%}} '''Tie:''' {{legend0|#ae8bb1|50%}} {{legend0|#808080|No data}} | title = Attorney General | before_election = Greg Zoeller | before_party = Republican Party (United States) | after_election = Curtis Hill | after_party = Republican Party (United States) }}

Incumbent Republican attorney general Greg Zoeller declined to run for a third term in order to run for Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/13/zoeller-wont-seek-3rd-term-attorney-general/84334006/|title=Zoeller won't seek 3rd term as attorney general|last=Guerra|first=Kristine|work=Indianapolis Star|date=May 13, 2016}}</ref> Republicans chose Curtis Hill, Elkhart County Prosecutor since 2002 over former attorney general Steve Carter, State Senator Randall Head, and then-deputy Attorney General Abby Kuzma at the Republican state convention on June 11, 2016<ref name=RepCon>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-indiana-gop-convention-20160611-story.html|title=Indiana GOP nominates Curtis Hill for attorney general at convention|last=Tribune News Services|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 11, 2016}}</ref>

Democrats nominated Lorenzo Arredondo, former Lake County Circuit Judge from 1976 to 2010<ref name=DemCon>{{cite web|url=http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-democrats-slate-candidates-focus-goals-hoosier-state|title=Indiana Democrats Slate Candidates, Focus On Goals For Hoosier State|last=Smith|first=Brandon|work=WBAA.org|date=June 20, 2016}}</ref>

===Polling=== {| class="wikitable" |- valign= bottom ! style="width:200px;"| Poll source ! style="width:160px;"| Date(s) administered ! class=small | Sample size ! Margin of error ! style="width:100px;"| Curtis Hill (R) ! style="width:100px;"| Lorenzo Arredondo (D) ! style="width:100px;"| Other ! Undecided |- |Gravis Marketing<ref>[https://ru.scribd.com/document/330017282/Final-Indiana-Poll Gravis Marketing]</ref> | align=center| October 30 – November 1, 2016 | align=center| 399 | align=center| ± 4.9% | {{Party shading/Republican}} align=center| '''39%''' | align=center| 29% | align=center| — | align=center| 31% |- |Ball State Hoosier Survey<ref name="Ball State Hoosier Survey">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161025113850/http://bowencenterforpublicaffairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WISH-TV-Ball-State-Survey-2016-Toplines-2.pdf Ball State Hoosier Survey]}}</ref> | align=center| October 10–16, 2016 | align=center| 544 | align=center| ± 4.8% | {{Party shading/Republican}} align=center| '''44%''' | align=center| 32% | align=center| — | align=center| 21% |}

====General election====

=====Results===== {{Election box begin no change | title = Indiana Attorney General election, 2016 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2016?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=39&districtID=-1&candidate=|title=Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results|website=www.in.gov|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Curtis Hill | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 1,643,689 | percentage = 62.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Lorenzo Arredondo | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 994,085 | percentage = 37.69 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 2,637,774 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}

==Superintendent of Public Instruction== {{Infobox election | election_name = Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2016 | country = Indiana | type = presidential | ongoing = no | previous_year = 2012 | next_year = | election_date = November 8, 2016 | turnout = | image1 = File:Jennifer McCormick (cropped).jpg | image_size = 150x150px | nominee1 = '''Jennifer McCormick''' | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | colour1 = | popular_vote1 = '''1,423,042''' | percentage1 = '''53.43%''' | image2 = File:Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (1).jpg | nominee2 = Glenda Ritz | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | colour2 = | popular_vote2 = 1,240,474 | percentage2 = 46.57% | map_image = File:Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Election Results 2016.svg | map_size = 160px | map_caption = County results '''McCormick:''' {{legend0|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#D72F30|70–80%}} '''Ritz:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} | title = Superintendent | before_election = Glenda Ritz | before_party = Democratic Party (United States) | after_election = Jennifer McCormick | after_party = Republican Party (United States) }}

Incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz ran for re-election. She was unopposed at the Democratic State Convention on June 18, 2016.<ref name=DemCon />

Republicans nominated Jennifer McCormick, Superintendent of Yorktown Community Schools since 2010 over Dawn Wooten, adjunct faculty at Fort Wayne-area universities.<ref name=RepCon />

In 2019, governor Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1005, which would abolish the office and create an appointed position of Secretary of Education to replace it effective January 11, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> As a consequence, the 2016 election was the last election held for the office.

====General election====

=====Results===== {{Election box begin no change | title = Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2016 <ref name=generalresults>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2016?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=40&districtID=-1&candidate= |title= Indiana General Election, November 8, 2016 |publisher=Indiana Secretary of State |access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Jennifer McCormick | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 1,423,042 | percentage = 53.43% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Glenda Ritz (Incumbent) | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 1,240,474 | percentage = 46.57% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 2,662,103 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}} {{Clear}}

==General Assembly== {{Main|2016 Indiana State Senate election|2016 Indiana House of Representatives election}} Half of the seats of the Indiana Senate and all of the seats of the Indiana House of Representatives were up for election in 2016. Republicans held control of both chambers, maintaining a government trifecta.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- |+colspan=5 | Indiana Senate |- ! colspan=2 | Party ! Before ! After ! Change |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Republican | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 40 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 41 | {{gain}} 1 |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic | 10 | 9 | {{loss}} 1 |- | colspan=2 | '''Total''' | '''50''' | '''50''' | |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- |+colspan=5 | Indiana House of Representatives |- ! colspan=2 | Party ! Before ! After ! Change |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Republican | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 71 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 70 | {{loss}} 1 |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic | 29 | 30 | {{gain}} 1 |- | colspan=2 | '''Total''' | '''100''' | '''100''' | |}

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