Vi Simpson

Offices

Indiana Senate
District 40
In office
Nov 7, 1984 to Nov 7, 2012

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
28 years, 7 days
Vi Simpson spent 28 years, 7 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana Senate (District 40) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Vi Simpson (i)*, Democratic, 22,900 votes
Out of 22,900 votes casts, the margin of victory was 22,900 (100.00%)
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2008–Indiana Senate (District 40) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
70.00%
Vi Simpson (i)*, Democratic, 41,120 votes
30.00%
Leslie O. Compton, Republican, 17,626 votes
Out of 58,746 votes casts, the margin of victory was 23,494 (40.00%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 40) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
Vi Simpson (i)*, Democratic, 5,353 votes
Out of 5,353 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,353 (100.00%)
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2012–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
49.49%
Mike Pence*, Republican, 1,275,424 votes
Lt. Governor: Sue Ellspermann
46.56%
John R. Gregg, Democratic, 1,200,016 votes
Lt. Governor: Vi Simpson
 3.95%
Rupert Boneham, Libertarian, 101,868 votes
Lt. Governor: Brad Klopfenstein
 0.00%
Donnie Harold Harris, Write-In, 21 votes
Lt. Governor: George Fish
Out of 2,577,329 votes casts, the margin of victory was 75,408 (2.93%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Vi Simpson had a record of 3-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections, and 2-0 in 2 primary elections.