Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr

Offices

Indiana House
District 39
In office
Nov 6, 1996 to Present

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
27 years, 5 months, 20 days
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr spent 27 years, 5 months, 20 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 8,115 votes
Out of 8,115 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,115 (100.00%)
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2008–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
70.87%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 25,789 votes
29.13%
Rusty Skoog, Democratic, 10,599 votes
Out of 36,388 votes casts, the margin of victory was 15,190 (41.74%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 9,995 votes
Out of 9,995 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,995 (100.00%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 20,595 votes
Out of 20,595 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,595 (100.00%)
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2012–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 9,987 votes
Out of 9,987 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,987 (100.00%)
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2012–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
90.23%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 26,432 votes
 9.77%
John Strinka, Socialist, 2,862 votes
Out of 29,294 votes casts, the margin of victory was 23,570 (80.46%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
63.15%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 3,009 votes
36.85%
Don Meier, Republican, 1,756 votes
Out of 4,765 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,253 (26.30%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
73.24%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 10,978 votes
26.76%
David B. Russ, Democratic, 4,012 votes
Out of 14,990 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,966 (46.48%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
52.62%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 7,896 votes
47.38%
Tom Linkmeyer, Republican, 7,111 votes
Out of 15,007 votes casts, the margin of victory was 785 (5.24%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
63.89%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 22,362 votes
36.11%
David B. Russ, Democratic, 12,638 votes
Out of 35,000 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,724 (27.78%)
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2018–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2018
56.85%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 4,843 votes
43.15%
Tom Linkmeyer, Republican, 3,676 votes
Out of 8,519 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,167 (13.70%)
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2018–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2018
57.04%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 18,861 votes
42.96%
Mark C. Hinton, Democratic, 14,207 votes
Out of 33,068 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,654 (14.08%)
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2020–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, June 2, 2020
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 8,243 votes
Out of 8,243 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,243 (100.00%)
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2020–Indiana House (District 39) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 2020
53.59%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr*, Republican, 23,396 votes
46.41%
Ashley Klein, Democratic, 20,262 votes
Out of 43,658 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,134 (7.18%)
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2022–Indiana House (District 39) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2022
100.00%
Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr (i)*, Republican, 4,137 votes
Lt. Governor: Vacant
Out of 4,137 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,137 (100.00%)
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In the 15 races for which we have results, Gerald (Jerry) R. Torr had a record of 15-0. That includes a record of 7-0 in 7 general elections, and 8-0 in 8 primary elections.