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The 1994 United States Senate election in Indiana was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar was re-elected to a fourth term. Lugar won all but one county.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Lugar (Incumbent) | 1,039,625 | 67.35% | ||
| Democratic | Jim Jontz | 470,799 | 30.50% | ||
| Libertarian | Barbara Bourland | 17,343 | 1.11% | ||
| New Alliance | Mary Catherine Barton | 15,801 | 1.02% | ||
| Majority | 568,826 | 36.85% | |||
| Turnout | 1,543,568 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Lugar won 91 of Indiana's 92 counties, Jontz won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County. [2]
| County | Lugar | Votes | Jontz | Votes | Others | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 69.7% | 6,957 | 28.2% | 2,812 | 2.1% | 209 | 9,978 |
| Allen | 71.2% | 58,175 | 26.7% | 21,760 | 2.1% | 1,756 | 81,691 |
| Bartholomew | 72.9% | 14,746 | 25.2% | 5,085 | 1.9% | 378 | 20,209 |
| Benton | 64.4% | 1,865 | 32.9% | 954 | 2.7% | 77 | 2,896 |
| Blackford | 64.9% | 2,833 | 33.3% | 1,452 | 1.8% | 78 | 4,363 |
| Boone | 80.8% | 10,096 | 17.7% | 2,207 | 1.5% | 189 | 12,492 |
| Brown | 69.3% | 3,400 | 27.4% | 1,345 | 3.3% | 163 | 4,908 |
| Carroll | 64.0% | 4,026 | 33.2% | 2,088 | 2.8% | 176 | 6,290 |
| Cass | 63.0% | 8,150 | 34.9% | 4,509 | 2.1% | 272 | 12,931 |
| Clark | 63.7% | 13,536 | 34.6% | 7,332 | 1.7% | 371 | 21,239 |
| Clay | 69.3% | 5,657 | 28.4% | 2,312 | 2.3% | 189 | 8,158 |
| Clinton | 71.0% | 6,321 | 27.0% | 2,408 | 2.0% | 180 | 8,909 |
| Crawford | 62.3% | 2,754 | 35.9% | 1,588 | 1.8% | 80 | 4,422 |
| Daviess | 75.4% | 6,008 | 23.2% | 1,850 | 1.4% | 112 | 7,970 |
| Dearborn | 66.1% | 7,667 | 29.7% | 3,439 | 4.2% | 484 | 11,590 |
| Decatur | 75.2% | 6,184 | 22.6% | 1,850 | 2.2% | 184 | 8,218 |
| DeKalb | 68.1% | 7,223 | 30.2% | 3,200 | 1.7% | 182 | 10,605 |
| Delaware | 66.4% | 24,703 | 31.7% | 11,771 | 1.9% | 712 | 37,186 |
| Dubois | 64.4% | 7,728 | 31.9% | 3,829 | 3.7% | 448 | 12,005 |
| Elkhart | 78.0% | 23,475 | 20.1% | 6,045 | 1.9% | 573 | 30,093 |
| Fayette | 66.7% | 5,218 | 31.9% | 2,497 | 1.4% | 111 | 7,826 |
| Floyd | 64.5% | 12,266 | 33.6% | 6,390 | 1.9% | 360 | 19,016 |
| Fountain | 69.2% | 4,506 | 28.5% | 1,853 | 2.3% | 148 | 6,507 |
| Franklin | 67.8% | 4,637 | 29.1% | 1,993 | 3.1% | 213 | 6,843 |
| Fulton | 64.6% | 4,475 | 33.4% | 2,318 | 2.0% | 138 | 6,931 |
| Gibson | 63.0% | 7,505 | 35.2% | 4,184 | 1.8% | 209 | 11,898 |
| Grant | 64.0% | 12,609 | 34.6% | 6,802 | 1.4% | 280 | 19,691 |
| Greene | 63.2% | 6,597 | 34.5% | 3,592 | 2.3% | 235 | 10,424 |
| Hamilton | 87.3% | 30,103 | 10.9% | 3,731 | 1.8% | 634 | 34,468 |
| Hancock | 79.0% | 10,880 | 18.6% | 2,560 | 2.4% | 324 | 13,764 |
| Harrison | 66.1% | 6,703 | 31.3% | 3,172 | 2.6% | 265 | 10,140 |
| Hendricks | 80.8% | 17,994 | 17.2% | 3,817 | 2.0% | 442 | 22,253 |
| Henry | 69.2% | 10,014 | 29.1% | 4,219 | 1.7% | 243 | 14,476 |
| Howard | 66.1% | 17,119 | 31.6% | 8,188 | 2.3% | 583 | 25,890 |
| Huntington | 74.1% | 9,727 | 24.2% | 3,176 | 1.7% | 223 | 13,126 |
| Jackson | 65.2% | 7,050 | 33.0% | 3,560 | 1.8% | 190 | 10,800 |
| Jasper | 68.3% | 4,227 | 30.4% | 1,884 | 1.3% | 81 | 6,192 |
| Jay | 69.0% | 4,815 | 29.2% | 2,033 | 1.8% | 129 | 6,977 |
| Jefferson | 65.1% | 6,068 | 32.8% | 3,050 | 2.1% | 192 | 9,310 |
| Jennings | 66.5% | 4,898 | 32.3% | 2,298 | 2.2% | 164 | 7,360 |
| Johnson | 80.2% | 20,650 | 17.5% | 4,490 | 2.3% | 582 | 25,722 |
| Knox | 66.0% | 8,155 | 32.0% | 3,953 | 2.0% | 255 | 12,363 |
| Kosciusko | 78.7% | 13,039 | 19.7% | 3,269 | 1.6% | 261 | 16,569 |
| LaGrange | 75.1% | 4,195 | 23.3% | 1,299 | 1.6% | 88 | 5,582 |
| Lake | 45.3% | 43,685 | 52.6% | 50,592 | 2.1% | 2,065 | 96,342 |
| LaPorte | 65.3% | 19,357 | 32.0% | 9,479 | 2.7% | 814 | 29,650 |
| Lawrence | 69.2% | 8,446 | 28.4% | 3,467 | 2.4% | 289 | 12,202 |
| Madison | 63.3% | 27,434 | 34.8% | 15,055 | 1.9% | 810 | 43,299 |
| Marion | 68.7% | 133,836 | 29.1% | 56,585 | 2.2% | 4,276 | 194,697 |
| Marshall | 73.0% | 7,929 | 25.5% | 2,770 | 1.5% | 158 | 10,857 |
| Martin | 61.1% | 2,484 | 37.1% | 1,508 | 1.8% | 75 | 4,067 |
| Miami | 66.8% | 6,146 | 31.2% | 2,868 | 2.0% | 188 | 9,202 |
| Monroe | 65.1% | 17,430 | 32.4% | 8,655 | 2.5% | 667 | 26,752 |
| Montgomery | 78.8% | 8,645 | 19.2% | 2,100 | 2.0% | 217 | 10,962 |
| Morgan | 77.6% | 11,865 | 20.0% | 3,059 | 2.4% | 364 | 15,288 |
| Newton | 56.4% | 2,316 | 41.4% | 1,696 | 2.2% | 91 | 4,103 |
| Noble | 71.0% | 7,268 | 27.2% | 2,780 | 1.8% | 186 | 10,234 |
| Ohio | 59.0% | 1,308 | 36.7% | 813 | 4.3% | 95 | 2,216 |
| Orange | 70.7% | 4,093 | 27.0% | 1,559 | 2.3% | 131 | 5,783 |
| Owen | 68.4% | 3,490 | 29.2% | 1,493 | 2.4% | 122 | 5,105 |
| Parke | 70.6% | 4,067 | 27.3% | 1,574 | 2.1% | 121 | 5,762 |
| Perry | 51.7% | 3,895 | 46.5% | 3,495 | 1.8% | 132 | 7,522 |
| Pike | 60.9% | 3,337 | 36.4% | 1,995 | 2.7% | 150 | 5,482 |
| Porter | 61.8% | 22,402 | 35.7% | 12,946 | 2.5% | 892 | 36,240 |
| Posey | 69.2% | 6,577 | 28.5% | 2,705 | 2.3% | 218 | 9,500 |
| Pulaski | 64.4% | 3,125 | 34.0% | 1,650 | 1.6% | 80 | 4,855 |
| Putnam | 75.0% | 6,907 | 23.1% | 2,124 | 1.9% | 175 | 9,206 |
| Randolph | 72.2% | 6,237 | 26.0% | 2,241 | 1.8% | 159 | 8,637 |
| Ripley | 68.8% | 5,661 | 30.0% | 2,468 | 1.2% | 102 | 8,231 |
| Rush | 75.2% | 4,457 | 23.3% | 1,383 | 1.5% | 90 | 5,930 |
| Saint Joseph | 61.3% | 36,309 | 37.1% | 21,993 | 1.6% | 939 | 59,241 |
| Scott | 59.6% | 2,914 | 39.1% | 1,911 | 1.3% | 66 | 4,891 |
| Shelby | 73.9% | 8,828 | 24.4% | 2,910 | 1.7% | 207 | 11,945 |
| Spencer | 63.1% | 4,326 | 36.3% | 2,492 | 0.6% | 40 | 6,858 |
| Starke | 59.7% | 4,324 | 38.2% | 2,760 | 2.1% | 155 | 7,239 |
| Steuben | 70.7% | 5,834 | 27.9% | 2,297 | 1.4% | 118 | 8,249 |
| Sullivan | 59.2% | 4,200 | 39.5% | 2,805 | 1.3% | 90 | 7,095 |
| Switzerland | 56.2% | 1,441 | 41.8% | 1,073 | 2.0% | 52 | 2,566 |
| Tippecanoe | 71.0% | 21,881 | 24.8% | 7,619 | 4.2% | 1,308 | 30,808 |
| Tipton | 71.7% | 4,559 | 28.9% | 1,641 | 2.4% | 155 | 6,355 |
| Union | 71.7% | 1,742 | 25.7% | 623 | 2.6% | 63 | 2,428 |
| Vanderburgh | 67.9% | 36,873 | 29.5% | 16,029 | 2.6% | 1,404 | 54,306 |
| Vermillion | 55.1% | 2,969 | 42.2% | 2,271 | 2.7% | 148 | 5,388 |
| Vigo | 69.2% | 19,084 | 34.2% | 10,376 | 2.9% | 874 | 30,334 |
| Wabash | 66.8% | 7,115 | 31.8% | 3,388 | 1.4% | 146 | 10,649 |
| Warren | 56.6% | 1,907 | 40.8% | 1,374 | 2.6% | 88 | 3,369 |
| Warrick | 66.6% | 11,534 | 31.0% | 5,368 | 2.4% | 409 | 17,311 |
| Washington | 67.8% | 4,921 | 29.6% | 2,145 | 2.6% | 190 | 7,256 |
| Wayne | 72.4% | 14,032 | 25.9% | 5,013 | 1.7% | 327 | 19,372 |
| Wells | 74.1% | 7,219 | 24.3% | 2,372 | 1.6% | 157 | 9,748 |
| White | 62.8% | 4,466 | 34.3% | 2,432 | 2.9% | 209 | 7,107 |
| Whitley | 70.0% | 6,805 | 27.6% | 2,680 | 2.4% | 238 | 9,723 |
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