Jim Arnold

Offices

Indiana Senate
District 8
In office
Mar 25, 2007 to Nov 9, 2016

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Appointed by Caucus
Left: Did Not Run
9 years, 7 months, 19 days
Jim Arnold spent 9 years, 7 months, 19 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana Senate (District 8) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
58.87%
Jim Arnold (i)*, Democratic, 16,331 votes
34.43%
Debra J. Birkholz, Democratic, 9,550 votes
 6.70%
Maxine Spenner, Democratic, 1,858 votes
Out of 27,739 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,781 (24.44%)
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2008–Indiana Senate (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
69.10%
Jim Arnold (i)*, Democratic, 35,833 votes
26.69%
Allen Stevens, Republican, 13,840 votes
 4.22%
Gregory D. Kelver, Libertarian, 2,187 votes
Out of 51,860 votes casts, the margin of victory was 21,993 (42.41%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 8) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
69.63%
Jim Arnold (i)*, Democratic, 4,992 votes
30.37%
Maxine Spenner, Democratic, 2,177 votes
Out of 7,169 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,815 (39.26%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
58.28%
Jim Arnold (i)*, Democratic, 30,777 votes
41.72%
Eric Harris, Republican, 22,029 votes
Out of 52,806 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,748 (16.56%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Jim Arnold had a record of 4-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections, and 2-0 in 2 primary elections.