Republican State Senator Eric Koch has been reelected, defeating Democratic opponent Cinde Wirth.
In all five counties in the district, he received 73% of the votes with about 85% of the results reported, according to IndyStar. The five countines included are Monroe, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence and Bartholomew.
He received around 60% of Monroe County votes, according to unoffical results from the Monroe County Elections Board.
Koch was elected to the Indiana State Senate in 2016, and served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2002-2016, according to the Indiana Senate Republicans website.
Koch authored multiple Senate bills during his time as a state senator, including one in support of allowing certain retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms on school property, and other topics such as firefighter safety and the residency status of prisoners, according to the Indiana General Assembly 2020 Session website.
