Election results are still coming in, but Republicans will likely hold on to their supermajority in the Indiana House. And a handful of districts will flip parties in the process.
House Democrats managed to flip three GOP seats in northwest Indiana and Lafayette. And one seat is still undecided, as Porter County results remain delayed.
But House Speaker Brian Bosma says the results won’t affect his caucus’s plan for the next legislative session.
"Supermajority was never our goal," Bosma says. "I mean, it happened because we had great candidates and had a strong tailwind, and we’ll work with whatever majority we have."
InHouse District 7, incumbent Democrat Joe Taylor lost to Republican Joe Taylor.
InHouse District 19, incumbent Republican Julie Olthoff is down against Democrat Lisa Beck.
InHouse District 26, incumbent Republican Sally Siegrist lost to Democrat Chris Campbell.
And inHouse District 15, incumbent Republican Hal Slager lost to Democrat Chris Chyung by just 86 votes.
In the State Senate, incumbent Republican Mike Delphlost to Democrat J.D. Ford, and Republican Sen. Jim Merritt held onto his seat in the two most competitive races in that chamber.
