John Barnes

Offices

Indiana House
District 89
In office
Nov 5, 2008 to Nov 3, 2010

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
John Barnes spent 1 year, 11 months, 28 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 89) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
77.59%
John Barnes (i)*, Democratic, 7,492 votes
22.41%
Tyler Gough, Democratic, 2,164 votes
Out of 9,656 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,328 (55.18%)
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2008–Indiana House (District 89) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
52.46%
John Barnes (i)*, Democratic, 13,442 votes
47.54%
Chris J. Swatts, Republican, 12,182 votes
Out of 25,624 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,260 (4.92%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 89) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
John Barnes (i)*, Democratic, 1,909 votes
Out of 1,909 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,909 (100.00%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 89) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
51.92%
Cindy Kirchhofer*, Republican, 8,066 votes
48.08%
John Barnes (i), Democratic, 7,468 votes
Out of 15,534 votes casts, the margin of victory was 598 (3.84%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 32) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
64.76%
John Barnes*, Democratic, 2,512 votes
35.24%
Patti G. Mink, Democratic, 1,367 votes
Out of 3,879 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,145 (29.52%)
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2012–Indiana Senate (District 32) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
59.16%
Patricia Louise Miller (i)*, Republican, 29,163 votes
40.84%
John Barnes, Democratic, 20,128 votes
Out of 49,291 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,035 (18.32%)
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2018–Indiana House (District 89) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2018
100.00%
John Barnes*, Democratic, 2,802 votes
Out of 2,802 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,802 (100.00%)
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2018–Indiana House (District 89) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
50.53%
Cindy Kirchhofer (i)*, Republican, 10,455 votes
49.47%
John Barnes, Democratic, 10,237 votes
Out of 20,692 votes casts, the margin of victory was 218 (1.06%)
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In the 8 races for which we have results, John Barnes had a record of 5-3. That includes a record of 1-3 in 4 general elections, and 4-0 in 4 primary elections.