2016 Indiana elections

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.

Indiana elections, 2016

November 8, 2016

Governor

Attorney General

Indiana Attorney General election, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee Curtis Hill Lorenzo Arredondo Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,643,689 994,085 Percentage 62.31% 37.69%

Attorney General before election Greg Zoeller Republican Elected Attorney General Curtis Hill Republican

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Greg Zoeller declined to run for a third term in order to run for Congress.[1] 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[2]

Democrats nominated Lorenzo Arredondo, former Lake County Circuit Judge from 1976-2010[3]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Curtis Hill (R)	Lorenzo Arredondo (D)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	October 30 – November 1, 2016	399	± 4.9%	39%	29%	—	31%
Ball State Hoosier Survey	October 10—16, 2016	544	± 4.8%	44%	32%	—	21%

Results

Indiana Attorney General election, 2016 [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curtis Hill	1,643,689	62.31
	Democratic	Lorenzo Arredondo	994,085	37.69
Total votes			2,637,774	100
	Republican hold

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee Jennifer McCormick Glenda Ritz Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,423,042 1,240,474 Percentage 52.97% 47.03%

Superintendent before election Glenda Ritz Democratic Elected Superintendent Jennifer McCormick Republican

Incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz ran for re-election. She was unopposed at the Democratic State Convention on June 18, 2016.[3]

Republicans nominated Jennifer McCormick, Superintendent of Yorktown Community Schools since 2010 over Dawn Wooten, adjunct faculty at Fort Wayne-area universities.[2]

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.[5] As a consequence, the 2016 election was the last election held for the office.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Glenda Ritz (D)	Jennifer McCormick (R)	Other	Undecided
Ball State Hoosier Survey	October 10—16, 2016	544	± 4.8%	45%	38%	—	15%

Results

Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2016 [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer McCormick	1,423,042	52.97%
	Democratic	Glenda Ritz (Incumbent)	1,240,474	47.03%
Total votes			2,662,103	100

General Assembly

All 100 seats of the Indiana House of Representatives and 25 of 50 seats of the Indiana Senate were up for election. Before the election the composition of the Indiana General Assembly was:

Senate Party # of seats Republican 40 Democratic 10 Total 50

House of Representatives Party # of seats Republican 71 Democratic 29 Total 100

References

1. Guerra, Kristine (May 13, 2016). "Zoeller won't seek 3rd term as attorney general". Indianapolis Star.
2. Tribune News Services (June 11, 2016). "Indiana GOP nominates Curtis Hill for attorney general at convention". Chicago Tribune.
3. Smith, Brandon (June 20, 2016). "Indiana Democrats Slate Candidates, Focus On Goals For Hoosier State". WBAA.
4. "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". www.in.gov. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
5. "Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
6. "Indiana General Election, November 8, 2016". Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved December 12, 2016.