Steve Buyer

Offices

U.S. House
District 5
In office
Jan 3, 1993 to Jan 3, 2003

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 4
In office
Jan 3, 2003 to Jan 3, 2011

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
18 years, 4 days
Steve Buyer spent 18 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1992–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1992
51.02%
Steve Buyer*, Republican, 112,492 votes
48.98%
James Prather Jontz (i), Democratic, 107,973 votes
Out of 220,465 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,519 (2.04%)
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1994–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1994
69.54%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 111,031 votes
28.33%
J. D. Beatty, Democratic, 45,224 votes
 2.13%
Clayton L. Alfred, Independent, 3,403 votes
Out of 156,255 votes casts, the margin of victory was 65,807 (41.21%)
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1996–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1996
61.86%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 133,627 votes
35.71%
Douglas L. Clark, Democratic, 77,128 votes
 2.43%
Tom Lehman, Libertarian, 5,253 votes
Out of 216,008 votes casts, the margin of victory was 56,499 (26.15%)
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1998–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1998
62.55%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 101,567 votes
36.03%
David Steele, Democratic, 58,504 votes
 1.43%
Carl D. Waters, Libertarian, 2,317 votes
Out of 162,388 votes casts, the margin of victory was 43,063 (26.52%)
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2000–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 2000
60.86%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 132,051 votes
37.53%
Greg Goodnight, Democratic, 81,427 votes
 1.62%
Scott Benson, Libertarian, 3,507 votes
Out of 216,985 votes casts, the margin of victory was 50,624 (23.33%)
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2002–U.S. House (District 4) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 7, 2002
54.61%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 44,608 votes
29.92%
Brian D. Kerns (i), Republican, 24,443 votes
 8.09%
R. Michael Young, Republican, 6,605 votes
 3.29%
Thomas J. Herr, Republican, 2,684 votes
 2.15%
Tim Baynard, Republican, 1,754 votes
 1.95%
Bob Smith, Republican, 1,589 votes
Out of 81,683 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,165 (24.69%)
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2002–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 2002
71.36%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 112,760 votes
26.15%
Bill Abbott, Democratic, 41,314 votes
 2.49%
Jerry L. Susong, Libertarian, 3,934 votes
Out of 158,008 votes casts, the margin of victory was 71,446 (45.21%)
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2004–U.S. House (District 4) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2004
65.75%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 52,921 votes
 13.49%
Dennis Hardy, Republican, 10,862 votes
 10.44%
Mike Campbell, Republican, 8,403 votes
 10.32%
Brian D. Paasch, Republican, 8,305 votes
Out of 80,491 votes casts, the margin of victory was 42,059 (52.26%)
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2004–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2004
69.47%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 190,445 votes
28.30%
David Sanders, Democratic, 77,574 votes
 2.23%
Kevin R. Fleming, Libertarian, 6,117 votes
Out of 274,136 votes casts, the margin of victory was 112,871 (41.17%)
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2006–U.S. House (District 4) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 2, 2006
72.95%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 50,695 votes
27.05%
Mike Campbell, Republican, 18,799 votes
Out of 69,494 votes casts, the margin of victory was 31,896 (45.90%)
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2006–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 2006
62.38%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 111,057 votes
37.62%
David Sanders, Democratic, 66,986 votes
Out of 178,043 votes casts, the margin of victory was 44,071 (24.76%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 4) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
71.57%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 45,538 votes
 15.00%
Mike Campbell, Republican, 9,541 votes
 13.43%
LaRon Keith, Republican, 8,545 votes
Out of 63,624 votes casts, the margin of victory was 35,997 (56.57%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
59.87%
Steve Buyer (i)*, Republican, 192,526 votes
40.13%
Nels Ackerson, Democratic, 129,038 votes
Out of 321,564 votes casts, the margin of victory was 63,488 (19.74%)
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In the 13 races for which we have results, Steve Buyer had a record of 13-0. That includes a record of 9-0 in 9 general elections, and 4-0 in 4 primary elections.