W. Trent Van Haaften

Offices

Indiana House
District 76
In office
Jan 1, 2004 to Nov 3, 2010

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Appointed by Caucus
Left: Ran For Other Office
W. Trent Van Haaften spent 6 years, 10 months, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 76) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
W. Trent Van Haaften (i)*, Democratic, 11,789 votes
Out of 11,789 votes casts, the margin of victory was 11,789 (100.00%)
2008–Indiana House (District 76) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
100.00%
W. Trent Van Haaften (i)*, Democratic, 20,494 votes
Out of 20,494 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,494 (100.00%)
2010–U.S. House (District 8) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
W. Trent Van Haaften*, Democratic, 31,685 votes
Out of 31,685 votes casts, the margin of victory was 31,685 (100.00%)
2010–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
57.55%
Larry Bucshon*, Republican, 117,259 votes
37.43%
W. Trent Van Haaften, Democratic, 76,265 votes
 5.03%
John Cunningham, Libertarian, 10,240 votes
Out of 203,764 votes casts, the margin of victory was 40,994 (20.12%)
2012–Indiana House (District 76) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
W. Trent Van Haaften*, Democratic, 1,873 votes
Out of 1,873 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,873 (100.00%)
2012–Indiana House (District 76) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
56.42%
Wendy McNamara (i)*, Republican, 15,212 votes
43.58%
W. Trent Van Haaften, Democratic, 11,750 votes
Out of 26,962 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,462 (12.84%)
In the 6 races for which we have results, W. Trent Van Haaften had a record of 4-2. That includes a record of 1-2 in 3 general elections, and 3-0 in 3 primary elections.