James R. Buck

Offices

Indiana House
District 38
In office
Nov 9, 1994 to Apr 26, 2008

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
13 years, 5 months, 20 days
Indiana Senate
District 21
In office
Apr 26, 2008 to Present

Party: Republican
Assumed: Appointed by Caucus
13 years, 9 months, 5 days
James R. Buck spent 27 years, 2 months, 25 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 38) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 6,634 votes
Out of 6,634 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,634 (100.00%)
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2010–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 13,323 votes
Out of 13,323 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,323 (100.00%)
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2010–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
68.59%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 30,985 votes
31.41%
Chuck Sosbe, Democratic, 14,186 votes
Out of 45,171 votes casts, the margin of victory was 16,799 (37.18%)
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2014–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
100.00%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 7,889 votes
Out of 7,889 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,889 (100.00%)
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2014–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
100.00%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 22,782 votes
Out of 22,782 votes casts, the margin of victory was 22,782 (100.00%)
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2018–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2018
100.00%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 11,965 votes
Out of 11,965 votes casts, the margin of victory was 11,965 (100.00%)
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2018–Indiana Senate (District 21) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
65.44%
James R. Buck (i)*, Republican, 29,797 votes
34.56%
Christina Fivecoate, Democratic, 15,733 votes
Out of 45,530 votes casts, the margin of victory was 14,064 (30.88%)
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In the 7 races for which we have results, James R. Buck had a record of 7-0. That includes a record of 3-0 in 3 general elections, and 4-0 in 4 primary elections.