Jean Leising

Offices

Indiana Senate
District 42
In office
Nov 9, 1988 to Nov 6, 1996

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
7 years, 11 months, 29 days
Indiana Senate
District 42
In office
Nov 5, 2008 to Present

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
15 years, 5 months, 23 days
Jean Leising spent 23 years, 5 months, 22 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1994–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1994
52.03%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 91,459 votes
47.97%
Jean Leising, Republican, 84,315 votes
Out of 175,774 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,144 (4.06%)
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1996–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1996
56.47%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 128,123 votes
42.51%
Jean Leising, Republican, 96,442 votes
 1.02%
Diane L. Feeney, Libertarian, 2,307 votes
Out of 226,872 votes casts, the margin of victory was 31,681 (13.96%)
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1998–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1998
50.76%
Baron Paul Hill*, Democratic, 92,973 votes
47.93%
Jean Leising, Republican, 87,797 votes
 1.31%
Diane L. Feeney, Libertarian, 2,406 votes
Out of 183,176 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,176 (2.83%)
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2008–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
48.16%
Jean Leising*, Republican, 5,663 votes
29.47%
Jeff Sponsel, Republican, 3,465 votes
 17.25%
John Heaton, Republican, 2,029 votes
 5.12%
Max A. Ellison, Jr., Republican, 602 votes
Out of 11,759 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,198 (18.69%)
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2008–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
67.25%
Jean Leising*, Republican, 31,986 votes
32.75%
Warren Goodrich, Democratic, 15,575 votes
Out of 47,561 votes casts, the margin of victory was 16,411 (34.50%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 13,980 votes
Out of 13,980 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,980 (100.00%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
100.00%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 37,152 votes
Out of 37,152 votes casts, the margin of victory was 37,152 (100.00%)
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2016–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
100.00%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 20,568 votes
Out of 20,568 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,568 (100.00%)
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2016–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
72.88%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 37,843 votes
27.12%
Randy Howard, Democratic, 14,085 votes
Out of 51,928 votes casts, the margin of victory was 23,758 (45.76%)
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2020–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, June 2, 2020
100.00%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 12,901 votes
Out of 12,901 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,901 (100.00%)
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2020–Indiana Senate (District 42) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 2020
100.00%
Jean Leising (i)*, Republican, 47,463 votes
Out of 47,463 votes casts, the margin of victory was 47,463 (100.00%)
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In the 11 races for which we have results, Jean Leising had a record of 8-3. That includes a record of 4-3 in 7 general elections, and 4-0 in 4 primary elections.