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Jim Arnold
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Indiana Senate
District 8
In office
Mar 25, 2007 to Nov 9, 2016
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
Appointed by Caucus
Left:
Did Not Run
Jim Arnold spent 9 years, 7 months, 19 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
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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%)
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%)
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%)
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%)
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.