2000 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2000 United States Senate election in Indiana
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  1994 November 7, 2000 2006  
  Dick Lugar official photo.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Richard Lugar David L. Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,427,944683,273
Percentage66.56%31.85%

2000 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
County results
Lugar:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Johnson:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Lugar
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Lugar
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar was re-elected to his fifth six-year term.

Contents

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Campaign

Debates

Results

Lugar easily won reelection taking 66.5% one of the largest margins in a statewide race in Indiana history. Johnson did win Lake County, a Democratic stronghold, by a wide margin, but Lugar did well elsewhere. Lugar was sworn in for a fifth term on January 3, 2001.

2000 United States Senate election, Indiana [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Richard Lugar (Incumbent) 1,427,944 66.56% −0.79%
Democratic David Johnson 683,27331.85%+1.35%
Libertarian Paul Hager33,9921.58%+0.46%
Majority 744,67134.71%−2.14%
Turnout 2,145,20955%
Republican hold Swing

By county

Lugar won 91 of Indiana's 92 counties, Johnson won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County. [3]

CountyLugarVotesJohnsonVotesHagerVotesTotal
Adams 76.9%9,38421.6%2,6351.5%18812,207
Allen 73.4%83,27925.1%28,4771.5%1,723113,479
Bartholomew 72.9%18,58525.6%6,5121.5%38325,480
Benton 72.6%2,80425.0%9652.4%943,863
Blackford 66.9%3,24531.7%1,5391.4%694,853
Boone 79.9%14,52718.2%3,3111.9%35318,191
Brown 67.8%4,60929.2%1,9823.0%2046,795
Carroll 71.4%5,88827.2%2,2451.4%1178,250
Cass 69.4%10,19129.1%4,2751.5%22314,689
Clark 62.8%23,08736.0%13,2301.2%43736,754
Clay 72.3%7,09126.3%2,5751.4%1429,808
Clinton 72.7%7,89925.7%2,7901.6%17310,862
Crawford 62.3%2,54136.1%1,4721.6%654,078
Daviess 77.0%7,43421.9%2,1171.1%1049,655
Dearborn 68.6%11,87829.5%5,1031.9%32817,309
Decatur 74.8%6,54423.7%2,0681.5%1328,744
DeKalb 74.6%10,11624.0%3,2441.4%18413,544
Delaware 63.7%27,06634.6%14,6501.7%74342,459
Dubois 72.5%10,64826.7%3,9080.8%12114,677
Elkhart 78.3%42,28520.5%11,0811.2%66554,031
Fayette 67.2%5,71431.2%2,6581.6%1378,509
Floyd 66.3%19,75932.7%9,7191.0%30429,782
Fountain 70.3%4,93428.1%1,9741.6%1127,020
Franklin 72.3%5,90226.1%2,1271.6%1288,157
Fulton 73.7%6,14125.0%2,0821.3%1118,334
Gibson 65.1%8,93633.6%4,6161.3%17413,726
Grant 68.0%17,70430.7%7,9991.3%34126,044
Greene 64.5%7,79734.2%4,1321.3%15912,088
Hamilton 84.0%63,21614.4%10,8341.6%1,19475,244
Hancock 78.2%17,37619.8%4,4042.0%45122,231
Harrison 68.6%10,11229.7%4,3791.7%25714,748
Hendricks 79.5%31,80018.8%7,5251.7%68240,007
Henry 66.7%11,76531.8%5,6111.5%26417,640
Howard 67.0%22,82731.2%10,6161.8%60834,051
Huntington 78.1%11,17120.6%2,9411.3%18614,298
Jackson 71.2%10,38927.6%4,0271.2%18214,598
Jasper 70.8%7,77527.8%3,0471.4%15710,979
Jay 68.6%5,44229.6%2,3491.8%1447,935
Jefferson 65.8%7,64133.0%3,8301.2%14011,611
Jennings 70.7%6,67327.8%2,6201.5%1409,433
Johnson 79.0%32,29519.0%7,7612.0%83240,888
Knox 67.5%9,94030.9%4,5491.6%23714,726
Kosciusko 82.5%20,28215.7%3,8711.8%44124,594
LaGrange 78.0%6,46420.7%1,7121.3%1088,284
Lake 41.7%71,57457.1%97,8091.2%2,083171,466
LaPorte 60.3%22,58937.1%13,8642.6%95537,408
Lawrence 73.8%11,73324.6%3,9131.6%25515,901
Madison 62.6%31,66435.9%18,1541.5%78150,599
Marion 58.1%158,62040.2%109,7361.7%4,532272,888
Marshall 76.2%12,20822.8%3,6541.0%16316,025
Martin 70.7%3,21427.9%1,2681.4%634,545
Miami 69.6%8,71229.0%3,6231.4%17612,511
Monroe 63.8%25,16832.6%12,8373.6%1,40439,409
Montgomery 78.5%10,28019.7%2,5711.8%23913,090
Morgan 76.6%16,73121.3%4,6402.1%45221,823
Newton 64.0%3,46333.5%1,8142.5%1335,410
Noble 75.5%10,66123.0%3,2451.5%20714,113
Ohio 66.3%1,61431.9%7771.8%442,435
Orange 72.6%5,14325.9%1,8321.5%1097,084
Owen 70.0%4,50227.3%1,7562.7%1766,434
Parke 69.4%4,30329.1%1,8011.5%946,198
Perry 54.7%3,75444.3%3,0411.0%686,863
Pike 64.4%3,82133.8%2,0071.8%1095,937
Porter 61.9%34,78536.4%20,4301.7%97356,188
Posey 70.1%'7,48728.8%3,0741.1%12110,682
Pulaski 69.6%3,71929.4%1,5661.0%565,341
Putnam 73.2%8,35924.5%2,7922.3%26011,411
Randolph 69.7%6,77628.9%2,8081.4%1369,720
Ripley 72.5%7,65725.6%2,7041.9%19610,557
Rush 75.7%5,33422.0%1,5522.3%1617,047
Saint Joseph 63.5%59,81835.5%33,3781.0%92794,123
Scott 62.1%4,79836.4%2,8101.5%1157,723
Shelby 72.1%10,92526.3%3,9861.6%25015,161
Spencer 64.1%5,74735.1%3,1470.8%758,969
Starke 59.7%4,86638.9%3,1681.4%1138,147
Steuben 75.9%8,54922.1%2,4792.0%22911,257
Sullivan 62.3%4,64536.5%2,7201.2%867,451
Switzerland 59.5%1,88538.4%1,2162.1%673,168
Tippecanoe 72.2%32,10125.5%11,3572.3%1,03444,492
Tipton 71.3%5,11127.4%1,9581.3%967,165
Union 74.4%2,06824.2%6731.4%392,780
Vanderburgh 66.0%41,48232.7%20,5521.3%83262,866
Vermillion 57.2%3,58541.2%2,5771.6%1036,265
Vigo 64.1%22,88634.2%12,1761.7%58935,651
Wabash 74.1%9,40424.9%3,1671.0%12512,696
Warren 67.7%2,45430.6%1,1061.7%633,623
Warrick 68.6%14,53830.2%6,4021.2%25021,190
Washington 70.4%6,82827.1%2,6292.5%2399,696
Wayne 66.7%15,92631.8%7,5901.5%35623,872
Wells 78.2%8,56520.4%2,2351.4%15810,958
White 74.3%7,31024.0%2,3601.7%1699,839
Whitley 76.1%9,42622.3%2,7571.6%19412,377

See also

References

  1. "Muncie Times 17 June 1999 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
  2. "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  3. "United States Senator by County". Indiana Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.

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