Chester F. Dobis

Offices

Indiana House
District 1
In office
Nov 4, 1970 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 3
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 3, 1982

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 13
In office
Nov 3, 1982 to Nov 7, 2012

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
Chester F. Dobis spent 42 years, 14 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 13) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Chester F. Dobis (i)*, Democratic, 12,820 votes
Out of 12,820 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,820 (100.00%)
2008–Indiana House (District 13) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
68.19%
Chester F. Dobis (i)*, Democratic, 18,511 votes
31.81%
Joseph M. Hero, Republican, 8,637 votes
Out of 27,148 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,874 (36.38%)
2010–Indiana House (District 13) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
57.37%
Chester F. Dobis (i)*, Democratic, 3,112 votes
42.63%
Richard L. Hardaway, Democratic, 2,312 votes
Out of 5,424 votes casts, the margin of victory was 800 (14.74%)
2010–Indiana House (District 13) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
60.98%
Chester F. Dobis (i)*, Democratic, 9,656 votes
39.02%
Craig Menninga, Republican, 6,179 votes
Out of 15,835 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,477 (21.96%)
In the 4 races for which we have results, Chester F. Dobis had a record of 4-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections, and 2-0 in 2 primary elections.