Ralph Spelbring

Offices

We found no record of Ralph Spelbring 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

2002–U.S. House (District 1) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 7, 2002
85.58%
Peter J. Visclosky (i)*, Democratic, 57,099 votes
 14.42%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 9,621 votes
Out of 66,720 votes casts, the margin of victory was 47,478 (71.16%)
2006–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 2, 2006
69.50%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 23,525 votes
30.50%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 10,324 votes
Out of 33,849 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,201 (39.00%)
2016–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
35.60%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 15,258 votes
24.43%
Danny Basham, Democratic, 10,474 votes
20.65%
George T. Holland, Democratic, 8,851 votes
 11.42%
Bruce W. Peavler, Democratic, 4,897 votes
 7.90%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 3,385 votes
Out of 42,865 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,784 (11.17%)
2020–U.S. House (District 5) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, June 2, 2020
40.76%
Christina Hale*, Democratic, 30,123 votes
27.13%
Dee Thornton, Democratic, 20,049 votes
 18.06%
Jennifer Christie, Democratic, 13,345 votes
 13.28%
Andy Jacobs, Democratic, 9,817 votes
 0.78%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 575 votes
Out of 73,909 votes casts, the margin of victory was 10,074 (13.63%)
In the 4 races for which we have results, Ralph Spelbring had a record of 0-4. That includes a record of 0-4 in 4 primary elections.