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Indiana's 1st Senate district

Indiana's 1st Senate district is one of the fifty districts of the Indiana Senate. The district was originally based around Hammond and parts of surrounding areas. Redistricting passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2011 shifted the district's boundaries, effective January 2013.[1] The district was changed to include Hammond's 4th, 5th, 6th city districts, the town of Munster, the town of Highland, the west side of the town of Griffith, the north side of the town of Dyer, parts of the town of Schererville, and part of the City of Crown Point.[2]

The district is currently represented by Dan Dernulc a member of the Republican Party of Indiana A single term is 4 years in length. Prior to 1970 State Senators only conducted legislative business every 2 years.

List of state senators

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State Senator Party Years Electoral history
Dan Dernulc Republican 2022–Present Defeated incumbent Michael Griffin.
Michael Griffin Democratic 2022-2022 Was appointed to finish Frank Mrvan's term.
Frank Mrvan Jr Democratic 1999–2022 Retired at the beginning of 2022.
Sandra Dempsey Republican 1995-1999 Voted in after determined clerk mistake
Frank Mrvan Jr Democratic 1979-1994 First Elected in 1978
William Carl Christy Democratic 1955, '57, '61, '63, '65, '67, '69, '71-'78
Edward Leo Chubinski Democratic 1951, '53
Charles Francis Fleming Democratic 1943, '45, '47 Resigned December 1, 1948; no one elected to complete his term
Elliott Rifenburg Conroy Democratic 1939, '41
Raymond C. Sohl Democratic 1935, '37
Frank C. Holman Democratic 1931, '33
William Franklin Hodges Republican 1923, '25, '27, '29

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Historical election results

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General 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Dernulc 23,390 52.3
Democratic Michael Griffin 21,340 47.7
Total: 44,730
Republican gain from Democratic
General 2018[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr 29,578 63.3
Republican Charles Kallas 17,144 36.7
Total: 46,722
General 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Ed Mrvan Jr. 15,538 59.7
Republican Kenneth Stevenson 10,506 40.3
Total: 26,044
General 2010[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 16,472 60.3
Republican David Spudic 10,845 39.7
Total: 27,317
General 2006[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 15,852 61.8
Republican Chris Marrow 9,791 38.2
Total: 25,643
General 2002[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 14,449 100
Total: 14,449
General 1998[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 12,738 50.9
Republican Sandra Dempsey 12,270 49.1
Total: 25,008
General 1994[7]
Party Candidate 1st Vote % Recount Vote %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 13,114 50.1 12,638 49.9
Republican Sandra Dempsey 13,060 49.9 12,641 50.1
Total: 26,174 25,279
General 1990[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. Unopposed 100
General 1986[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 17,498 79.6
Republican Gregory Sanchez 4,494 20.4
Total: 21,992
General 1982[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 22,623 81.6
Republican John Drac 5,112 18.4
Total: 27,735
General 1978[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Mrvan Jr. 17,377 82.1
Republican Robert Cantrell 3,802 17.9
Total: 21,179
General 1974[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 19,641 81
Republican Mary Thompson 4,610 19
Total: 24,251
General 1970[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 87,229 63.8
Republican Joseph Harkin 49,560 36.2
Total: 136,789
General 1966[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 80,079 59.6
Republican James Bradford 54,247 40.4
Total: 134,326
General 1962[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 103,730 60.6
Republican David Colosimo 67,610 39.4
Total: 171,340
General 1958[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 96,025 66.8
Republican Calvin Grubbs 47,697 33.2
Total: 143,722
General 1954[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic William Christy 80,256 61
Republican Frank Gullstrom 51,475 39
Total: 131,731
General 1950[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Edward Chubinski 63,868 53.9
Republican Thomas Hodges 54,662 46.1
Total: 118,530
General 1946[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Charles Fleming 51,165 51.9
Republican Clayton Root 47,517 48.1
Total: 98,682
General 1942[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Charles Fleming 43,898 53.2
Republican Herbert Fisher 38,654 46.8
Total: 82,552
General 1938[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Elliott Conroy 56,141 54.7
Republican Clayton Root 46,547 45.3
Total: 102,688
General 1934[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Raymond Sohl 42,866 52.2
Republican James Nedji 39,288 47.8
Total: 82,154
General 1930[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Holman 26,732 53
Republican William Hodges 23,745 47
Total: 50,477
General 1926[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Republican William Hodges 28,948 100
Unopposed
Total: 28,948
General 1922[7]
Party Candidate Vote %
Democratic Frank Martin 6,669 37
Republican William Hodges 11,313 63
Total: 17,982

References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Redistricting Topic Page: STATS Indiana". www.stats.indiana.edu. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Indiana State Senate District 1 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Indiana Legislator Database". legdb.iga.in.gov. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Frank Mrvan (Indiana state senator)".
  5. ^ a b c d "Board of Elections and Voter Registration". lakecountyin.org. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Honey Political Report" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "November Elections". The Times.
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