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, 7 months, 8 days
James R. Buck spent 27 years, 28 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.