Linda Lawson

Offices

Indiana House
District 1
In office
Nov 4, 1998 to Nov 7, 2018

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
20 years, 8 days
Linda Lawson spent 20 years, 8 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2008–Indiana House (District 1) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
72.12%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 8,468 votes
27.88%
Raymond L. Fletcher, III, Democratic, 3,273 votes
Out of 11,741 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,195 (44.24%)
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2008–Indiana House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
71.90%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 14,495 votes
28.10%
Fernando Urzua, Republican, 5,665 votes
Out of 20,160 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,830 (43.80%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 1) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 3,111 votes
Out of 3,111 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,111 (100.00%)
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2010–Indiana House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
64.72%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 7,346 votes
35.28%
Dick Dodge, Republican, 4,005 votes
Out of 11,351 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,341 (29.44%)
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2012–Indiana House (District 1) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 3,661 votes
Out of 3,661 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,661 (100.00%)
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2012–Indiana House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 14,457 votes
Out of 14,457 votes casts, the margin of victory was 14,457 (100.00%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 1) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 2,906 votes
Out of 2,906 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,906 (100.00%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 6,548 votes
Out of 6,548 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,548 (100.00%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 1) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
100.00%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 7,891 votes
Out of 7,891 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,891 (100.00%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
87.41%
Linda Lawson (i)*, Democratic, 15,561 votes
 12.59%
Michael Sandridge, Libertarian, 2,242 votes
Out of 17,803 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,319 (74.82%)
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2020–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 2020
56.51%
Eric Holcomb (i)*, Republican, 1,706,724 votes
Lt. Governor: Suzanne Crouch
32.05%
Woody A. Myers, Jr., Democratic, 968,092 votes
Lt. Governor: Linda Lawson
 11.44%
Donald G. Rainwater, II, Libertarian, 345,567 votes
Lt. Governor: William Henry
Out of 3,020,383 votes casts, the margin of victory was 738,632 (24.45%)
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In the 11 races for which we have results, Linda Lawson had a record of 10-1. That includes a record of 5-1 in 6 general elections, and 5-0 in 5 primary elections.