Ben Smaltz

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Ben Smaltz
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Candidate, Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Indiana House of Representatives District 52
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$29,749/year

Per diem

$196/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

November 5, 2024

Bildung

High school

Dekalb High School, 1988

Bachelor's

Ball State, 1993

Kontakt

Ben Smaltz (Republican Party) is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing District 52. He assumed office on November 7, 2012. His current term ends on November 6, 2024.

Smaltz (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 52. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on May 7, 2024.

Biography

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Smaltz earned his B.S. in political science, History, and Marketing from Ball State University in 1993.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Smaltz was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Smaltz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Smaltz was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Indiana committee assignments, 2017
Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
Public Policy, Chair
Roads and Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Smaltz served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Smaltz served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz and Walt Sorg are running in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Ben Smaltz (R)
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Walt Sorg (D) Candidate Connection

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Walt Sorg advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Walt Sorg Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
905

Total votes: 905
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated Curt Hammitt in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz
 
72.7
 
6,210
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Curt Hammitt
 
27.3
 
2,337

Total votes: 8,547
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated Morgan Rigg in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz (R)
 
81.7
 
13,386
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Morgan Rigg (L)
 
18.3
 
3,000

Total votes: 16,386
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz
 
100.0
 
5,699

Total votes: 5,699
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Morgan Rigg advanced from the Libertarian convention for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on March 5, 2022.

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Morgan Rigg (L)

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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated Martha Lemert and Morgan Rigg in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz (R)
 
72.0
 
24,713
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Martha Lemert (D)
 
24.3
 
8,322
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Morgan Rigg (L)
 
3.7
 
1,271

Total votes: 34,306
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz
 
100.0
 
6,958

Total votes: 6,958
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Morgan Rigg advanced from the Libertarian convention for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on March 7, 2020.

Candidate
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Morgan Rigg (L)

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2018

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated Martha Lemert in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz (R)
 
73.3
 
17,871
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Martha Lemert (D)
 
26.7
 
6,500

Total votes: 24,371
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Martha Lemert advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Martha Lemert
 
100.0
 
1,350

Total votes: 1,350
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated William Carlin in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 52 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ben Smaltz
 
66.5
 
4,990
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William Carlin
 
33.5
 
2,514

Total votes: 7,504
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2016

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 3, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 5, 2016.

Incumbent Ben Smaltz defeated Charlie Odier in the Indiana House of Representatives District 52 general election.[2][3]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 52 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ben Smaltz Incumbent 74.99% 21,016
     Democratic Charlie Odier 25.01% 7,009
Total Votes 28,025
Source: Indiana Election Divsion


Charlie Odier ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 52 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Charlie Odier  (unopposed)


Incumbent Ben Smaltz ran unopposed in the Indiana House of Representatives District 52 Republican primary.[4][5]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 52 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ben Smaltz Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Charlie Odier was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Ben Smaltz was unopposed in the Republican primary. Smaltz defeated Odier in the general election.[6][7]

Indiana House of Representatives 52, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBen Smaltz Incumbent 75.4% 9,687
     Democratic Charlie Odier 24.6% 3,163
Total Votes 12,850

2012

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2012

Smaltz won election in the 2012 election for Indiana House of Representatives District 52. Smaltz defeated Gary Harbaugh, Paul Moss and David Powers in the May 8 Republican primary and defeated Charles Odier (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

Indiana House of Representatives, District 52, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBen Smaltz 71% 18,218
     Democratic Charles Odier 29% 7,448
Total Votes 25,666
Indiana House of Representatives, District 52 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBen Smaltz 56.7% 4,241
Paul Moss 19.9% 1,486
David Powers 15.5% 1,163
Gary Harbaugh 7.9% 592
Total Votes 7,482

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Ben Smaltz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Indiana House of Representatives District 52On the Ballot general$89,154 $48,174
2022Indiana House of Representatives District 52Won general$107,850 $74,432
2020Indiana House of Representatives District 52Won general$86,554 N/A**
2018Indiana House of Representatives District 52Won general$152,214 N/A**
2016Indiana House of Representatives, District 52Won $61,430 N/A**
2014Indiana House of Representatives, District 52Won $33,429 N/A**
2012Indiana State House, District 52Won $51,668 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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