Gerald R. Torr (born November 28, 1957) is an

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politician. He was a member of the

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from the 39th District, serving from 1996 to 2024. He is a member of the Republican Party. In 2023, Torr announced he would not be running for another term.

Electoral history

, + Indiana House of Representatives 39th District: Results 1996–2022 ! Year ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - , 1996 , , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 21,451 , , 89.5% , , , Mark R. Struble , ,

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, , 2,508 , , 10.5% , - , 1998 , , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 17,687 , , 100.0% , , colspan=4 rowspan=7, , - , 2000 , , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 26,428 , , 100.0% , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 12,703 , , 100.0% , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, , , Alvin E. Skoog, Jr. , , 7,217 , , 22.6% , , , Jerry Torr , , 24,685 , , 77.4% , , colspan=4 rowspan=5, , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, , , Alvin E. Skoog, Jr. , , 5,140 , , 27.8% , , , Jerry Torr , , 13,359 , , 72.2% , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, , , Alvin E. Skoog, Jr. , , 10,599 , , 29.1% , , , Jerry Torr , , 25,789 , , 70.9% , , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 20,595 , , 100.0% , , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, , colspan=3 align=center, ''No candidate'' , , , Jerry Torr , , 26,432 , , 90.2% , , , John Strinka , ,

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, , 2,862 , , 9.8% , - ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, , , David Russ , , 4,012 , , 26.8% , , , Jerry Torr , , 10,978 , , 73.2% , , colspan=4 rowspan=5, , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, , , David Russ , , 12,640 , , 34.9% , , , Jerry Torr , , 23,591 , , 65.1% , , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, , , Mark Hinton , , 14,207 , , 43.0% , , , Jerry Torr , , 18,861 , , 57.0% , , - ,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, , , Ashley Klein , , 20,262 , , 46.4% , , , Jerry Torr , , 23,396 , , 53.6% , , - ,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, , , Matt McNally , , 13,430 , , 47.6% , , , Jerry Torr , , 14,757 , , 52.4% ,

References

1957 births Living people Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives People from Greencastle, Indiana Musicians Institute alumni Hanover College alumni 21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly {{Indiana-politician-stub