Elections for 25 of 50 seats in the Indiana State Senate will take place on November 8, 2022. State senatorial primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 39-11 majority heading into the election.

This article details the five most and least expensive contested primary elections in the State Senate. In the 2022 election cycle, 8 of 25 Republican primaries and 4 of 13 Democratic primaries are contested.

This information comes from candidate reports to the Indiana Secretary of State covering the period of January 1, 2021, through April 8, 2022.

Five primary elections with the most fundraising

#1 District 14 – $542,579

Ron Turpin (R) raised $477,862, Tyler Johnson (R) raised $61,853, and Denny Worman (R) raised $2,864.

#2 District 47 – $307,678

Incumbent Gary Byrne (R) raised $28,331, Incumbent Kevin Boehnlein (R) raised $279,347, and Keeley Stingel (R) raised $0.

#3 District 46 – $260,747

Kristin Jones (D) raised $117,570, Andrea Hunley (D) raised $73,397, Ashley Eason (D) raised $48,108, Karla Lopez Owens (D) raised $21,647, and Bob Kern (D) raised $25.

#4 District 4 – $226,635

Incumbent Rodney Pol Jr. (D) raised $43,610, Todd Connor (D) raised $155,026, Deb Chubb (D) raised $17,811, and Ron Meer (D) raised $10,188.

#5 District 25 – $146,387

Incumbent Mike Gaskill (R) raised $134,258 and Evan McMullen (R) raised $12,129.

Five primary elections with the least fundraising

#1 District 4 – $290

Johannes Poulard (R) raised $290 and Jeff Larson (R) raised $0.

#2 District 25 – $1,700

Aaron Higgins (D) raised $1,700 and Tamie Dixon-Tatum (D) raised $0.

#3 District 46 – $3,550

Shawn Carruthers (R) raised $3,550 and Evan Shearin (R) raised $0.

#4 District 1 – $5,182

Incumbent Michael Griffin (D) raised $0 and Martin Del Rio (D) raised $5,182.

#5 District 49 – $27,035

Incumbent Jim Tomes (R) raised $27,035 and Tom McCullough (R) raised $0.

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Indiana PACs submitted to the Indiana Secretary of State. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

Report Name	Report Due Date
2022 Jan Semiannual	1/19/2022
2022 Statewide Quarterly/Semiannual	7/15/2022
2022 Pre-Election	10/17/2022
2022 Statewide Quarterly	11/1/2022
2022 Annual Report	1/18/2023

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.