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A Look Inside How Democrats Made Big Gains in the Indiana Legislature
Democrats also flipped multiple legislative seats and won the state’s first Democratic secretary of state race in 14 years, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Indiana Democrats broke a 14-year Republican supermajority in the state House of Representatives, electing the state's first openly gay U.S. representative and a Democratic attorney general for the first time in 14 years.
- Driven by intense recruiting that began in 2025, Democrats fielded candidates in 97 of 100 state House races, combining improved fundraising and strategic spending to gain 16 House seats and five Senate seats.
- House Speaker Todd Huston lost to Democrat Lauren Cole with 51.5% of the vote, while Rep. Bob Morris fell to Democrat Misti Meehan; Democrats held a 100,000 popular vote margin statewide.
- Political expert Mike Wolf at Purdue University Fort Wayne noted the Republican majority drop from 70 to 54 will require bargaining in ways not seen in over 20 years. This fundamentally changes legislative dynamics.
- Democrats now control three of nine congressional seats, positioning the party to build momentum toward the 2028 presidential race while focusing on constituent priorities like lowering utility costs and grocery prices.
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A look inside how Democrats made big gains in the Indiana Legislature
Frustrated by more than a decade of near irrelevance, some Indiana Democratic legislators sensed more than a year ago that they had a breakthrough opportunity with the 2026 midterm election.
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Commentary: Two major Election Day developments can help improve government in Indiana
(Cartoon by Daniel Ackley for Indiana Capital Chronicle)There are countless threads to pull after a sweeping Democratic victory up and down the ballot Tuesday night. But one must start with Beau Bayh — the heir apparent to the state party. To be clear, many of the votes were more anti-Republican than pro-Democrat. But Democrats put themselves in a position to take advantage of that frustration. And it showed all over the state. Countless reliabl…
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