Tara Nelson

Offices

We found no record of Tara Nelson serving in elected office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they served at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database.

Elections

2010–U.S. House (District 4) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
51.55%
David Sanders*, Democratic, 7,615 votes
28.79%
Tara Nelson, Democratic, 4,253 votes
 19.66%
Mark Powell, Democratic, 2,905 votes
Out of 14,773 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,362 (22.76%)
2012–U.S. House (District 4) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
58.35%
Tara Nelson*, Republican, 7,018 votes
41.65%
Lester Terry Moore, Democratic, 5,010 votes
Out of 12,028 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,008 (16.70%)
2012–U.S. House (District 4) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
61.96%
Todd Rokita (i)*, Republican, 168,688 votes
34.16%
Tara Nelson, Democratic, 93,015 votes
 3.88%
Benjamin Gehlhausen, Libertarian, 10,565 votes
Out of 272,268 votes casts, the margin of victory was 75,673 (27.80%)
In the 3 races for which we have results, Tara Nelson had a record of 1-2. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election, and 1-1 in 2 primary elections.