2018 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2018 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Nominee Mike Braun Joe Donnelly
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,158,0001,023,553
Percentage50.73%44.84%
2018 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
2018 United States Senate election in Indiana by Congressional District.svg
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Braun:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Donnelly:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data
U.S. senator before election

Joe Donnelly
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Braun
Republican

The 2018 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly ran for re-election to a second term, however, he lost in the general election to Republican Mike Braun by a margin of 6%. This was the second consecutive election for this seat in which the incumbent was defeated and/or the seat flipped parties.

Contents

This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. In 2017, Politico described the race as "possibly the GOP's best opportunity to seize a Senate seat from Democrats" in the 2018 elections. [1] The primary election was held on May 8, 2018. [2] In October 2018, RealClearPolitics rated the race a toss-up between the Democratic and Republican nominees, with the Libertarian receiving a poll average of 6%. [3]

Instead of running for a second senatorial term in 2024, Braun campaigned successfully to become Governor of Indiana.

Background

In 2012, Joe Donnelly was elected to the Senate with 50% of the vote to Republican nominee Richard Mourdock's 44%. In the 2016 presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump won Indiana with about 56.5% of the vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's 37.5%. [4] [5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

  • Martin Del Rio, Iraq War veteran [7] [8]

Endorsements

Joe Donnelly
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Donnelly (incumbent) 284,621 100.00%
Total votes284,621 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary election

Declined

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Luke Messer
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Former state party chairs
Local-level officials
Individuals
Todd Rokita
State-level officials
Former state party chairs
Local-level officials
Individuals
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Luke
Messer		Todd
Rokita		Mike
Braun		OtherUndecided
Strategic National (R) [60] May 5–6, 2018300± 5.7%29%28%44%––
Gravis Marketing [61] April 6–11, 2018280± 5.9%13%16%26%–45%
GS Strategy Group (R-Rokita) [62] January 6–9, 2018500± 4.4%9%24%9%–58%
GS Strategy Group (R-Rokita) [63] July 16–18, 2017500± 4.4%20%28%––51%
14%21%11%–55%
OnMedia (R-Messer) [64] July 10–12, 2017400± 4.8%23%23%2%7% [a] 45%

Results

Results by county: .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Braun 80-90% 60-70% 50-60% 40-50% <40% Rokita <40% 40-50% Messer <40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Indiana U.S. Senate Republican primary, 2018.svg
Results by county:
  Braun
  •   80–90%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   <40%
  Rokita
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  Messer
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Braun 208,602 41.17%
Republican Todd Rokita 151,96729.99%
Republican Luke Messer 146,13128.84%
Total votes506,700 100.00%

Independent

Candidates

Declared

  • James Johnson Jr. [65]

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [66] TossupOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [67] TossupNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [68] Lean R (flip)November 5, 2018
CNN [69] TossupNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [70] TossupNovember 5, 2018
Daily Kos [71] TossupNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [72] TossupNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [73] Lean DNovember 5, 2018

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018
Candidate (party)Total receiptsTotal disbursementsCash on hand
Joe Donnelly (D)$16,100,528$13,872,981$2,321,981
Mike Braun (R)$16,964,706$15,576,842$1,387,861
Source: Federal Election Commission [74]

Endorsements

Mike Braun (R)
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Governors
State senators
State representatives
Cabinet-level officials
Individuals
Organizations
Joe Donnelly (D)
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
Organizations
  • Indiana Chamber of Commerce [136]
Newspapers

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Joe
Donnelly (D)		Mike
Braun (R)		Lucy
Brenton (L)		OtherUndecided
HarrisX [139] November 3–5, 2018600± 4.0%42%43%–––
HarrisX [140] November 2–4, 2018600± 4.0%43%41%–––
HarrisX [141] November 1–3, 2018600± 4.0%43%42%–––
HarrisX [142] October 31 – November 2, 2018600± 4.0%44%42%–––
HarrisX [143] October 30 – November 1, 2018600± 4.0%43%43%–––
HarrisX [144] October 29–31, 2018600± 4.0%40%43%–––
Fox News [145] October 27–30, 2018722 LV± 3.5%45%38%5%2%9%
852 RV± 3.0%42%38%6%2%11%
HarrisX [146] October 24–30, 20181,400± 2.6%42%42%–––
NBC News/Marist [147] October 24–28, 2018496 LV± 5.5%45%42%7%<1%5%
48%46%–2%5%
800 RV± 4.2%43%40%9%<1%7%
47%45%–2%7%
Cygnal (R) [148] October 26–27, 2018505± 4.4%46%49%–3%2%
YouGov [149] October 23–26, 2018975± 3.7%43%46%3%0%8%
Mason Strategies (R) [150] October 15–20, 2018600± 3.9%43%47%3%–7%
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) [151] October 14–17, 2018800–40%44%7%–5%
SurveyUSA [152] October 12–16, 2018816± 4.6%41%40%8%–11%
Gravis Marketing [153] October 12–16, 2018377± 5.1%44%40%7%–10%
Vox Populi Polling [154] October 13–15, 2018783± 3.5%55%45%–––
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) [151] October 7–10, 2018800–40%44%7%–7%
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) [151] September 30 – October 3, 2018800–39%43%7%–5%
Fox News [155] September 29 – October 2, 2018695 LV± 3.5%43%41%6%2%9%
806 RV± 3.5%41%40%6%1%10%
Ipsos [156] September 12–20, 20181,181± 3.0%46%43%–3%8%
Fox News [157] September 8–11, 2018677 LV± 3.5%43%45%3%1%8%
804 RV± 3.5%42%41%4%1%10%
NBC News/Marist [158] August 26–29, 2018576 LV± 5.0%44%41%8%1%6%
49%43%–2%7%
816 RV± 4.2%43%40%8%1%8%
48%42%–2%9%
Trafalgar Group (R) [159] July 31 – August 7, 20181,420± 2.6%51%39%––11%
SurveyMonkey/Axios [160] June 11 – July 2, 2018952± 5.0%47%49%––4%
Gravis Marketing [161] May 10–15, 2018400± 4.9%46%47%––7%
Hypothetical polling

with Todd Rokita

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Joe
Donnelly (D)		Todd
Rokita (R)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing [61] April 6–11, 2018411± 4.8%50%32%18%

with Luke Messer

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Joe
Donnelly (D)		Luke
Messer (R)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing [61] April 6–11, 2018411± 4.8%46%36%18%

with generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Joe
Donnelly (D)		Generic
Republican		Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios [162] February 12 – March 5, 20181,809± 3.8%45%51%4%

Results

State House district results 2018 Indiana Senate Election by State House Districts.svg
State House district results

On November 6, 2018, Braun won the general election. [163] He swept southern Indiana, the exurbs of Indianapolis, and most other rural areas in the state. Donnelly ran well behind his 2012 vote totals, winning only in Indianapolis, the university centers (Bloomington, Terre Haute, West Lafayette, South Bend), and the suburbs of Chicago in Northwest Indiana. [164]

United States Senate election in Indiana, 2018 [165]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Braun 1,158,000 50.73% +6.5%
Democratic Joe Donnelly (incumbent)1,023,55344.84%−5.2%
Libertarian Lucy Brenton100,9424.42%−1.3%
Write-in 70<0.00%N/A
Total votes2,282,565 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

By county

Source [166]

County Mike Braun
Republican		 Joe Donnelly
Democratic		Lucy Brenton
Libertarian		MarginTotal
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes
Adams 7,51167.39%3,14628.23%4894.39%4,36539.16%11,146
Allen 65,92752.36%55,90344.40%4,0803.24%10,0247.96%125,910
Bartholomew 15,22257.41%10,07137.98%1,2234.61%5,15119.43%26,516
Benton 1,92664.98%84728.58%1916.44%1,07936.40%2,964
Blackford 2,30359.39%1,27532.88%3007.74%1,02826.51%3,878
Boone 15,54056.43%10,98139.87%1,0193.70%4,55916.55%27,540
Brown 4,10357.07%2,76838.50%3184.42%1,33518.57%7,189
Carroll 4,51865.35%2,07129.95%3254.70%2,44735.39%6,914
Cass 6,61757.79%4,06135.47%7726.74%2,55622.32%11,450
Clark 22,76652.60%18,55142.86%1,9674.54%4,2159.74%43,284
Clay 6,20766.91%2,60128.04%4695.06%3,60638.87%9,277
Clinton 5,96764.81%2,75529.92%4855.27%3,21234.89%9,207
Crawford 2,25256.83%1,50437.95%2075.22%74818.87%3,963
Daviess 6,55575.01%1,90121.75%2833.24%4,65453.26%8,739
Dearborn 13,28772.79%4,48124.55%4872.67%8,80648.24%18,255
Decatur 6,24669.35%2,28725.39%4735.25%3,95943.96%9,006
DeKalb 9,16765.80%4,20430.18%5614.03%4,96335.62%13,932
Delaware 17,44746.27%18,15948.16%2,0995.57%-712-1.89%37,705
Dubois 11,20465.42%5,26430.74%6583.84%5,94034.68%17,126
Elkhart 31,16457.83%21,06239.09%1,6613.08%10,10218.75%53,887
Fayette 4,70463.02%2,29530.75%4656.23%2,40932.27%7,464
Floyd 16,58852.12%14,07044.21%1,1673.67%2,5187.91%31,825
Fountain 4,06069.18%1,49625.49%3135.33%2,56443.69%5,869
Franklin 5,61475.54%1,61921.78%1992.68%3,99553.75%7,432
Fulton 4,15459.28%2,53936.23%3154.49%1,61523.05%7,008
Gibson 8,04064.26%4,00131.98%4713.76%4,03932.28%12,512
Grant 12,39361.76%6,74533.61%9294.63%5,64828.15%20,067
Greene 6,94964.50%3,31330.75%5114.74%3,63633.75%10,773
Hamilton 72,32552.38%61,33744.42%4,4103.19%10,9887.96%138,072
Hancock 19,09763.10%9,77032.28%1,3994.62%9,32730.82%30,266
Harrison 9,84763.05%5,13132.86%6394.09%4,71630.20%15,617
Hendricks 36,96658.85%23,59937.57%2,2473.58%13,36721.28%62,812
Henry 9,56960.98%5,17132.95%9536.07%4,39828.03%15,693
Howard 16,73657.18%11,15938.12%1,3764.70%5,57719.05%29,271
Huntington 8,87967.22%3,69928.00%6314.78%5,18039.22%13,209
Jackson 9,43165.43%4,19829.12%7855.45%5,23336.30%14,414
Jasper 6,98766.00%3,27830.97%3213.03%3,70935.04%10,586
Jay 3,99063.42%1,93330.73%3685.85%2,05732.70%6,291
Jefferson 6,34556.44%4,31338.37%5845.19%2,03218.08%11,242
Jennings 5,92164.72%2,68629.36%5425.92%3,23535.36%9,149
Johnson 32,54062.70%17,47933.68%1,8833.63%15,06129.02%51,902
Knox 7,87662.38%3,97731.50%7726.11%3,89930.88%12,625
Kosciusko 18,55870.34%6,80125.78%1,0223.87%11,75744.57%26,381
LaGrange 5,18367.49%2,21728.87%2803.65%2,96638.62%7,680
Lake 54,56433.62%104,39064.32%3,3402.06%-49,826-30.70%162,294
LaPorte 16,00842.98%20,01453.73%1,2253.29%-4,006-10.76%37,247
Lawrence 10,27466.30%4,43428.61%7885.09%5,84037.69%15,496
Madison 22,84151.83%18,70142.44%2,5265.73%4,1409.39%44,068
Marion 98,38532.04%197,88064.43%10,8403.53%-99,495-32.40%307,105
Marshall 8,74758.71%5,61937.71%5333.58%3,12820.99%14,899
Martin 2,99769.31%1,12726.06%2004.63%1,87043.25%4,324
Miami 6,97567.30%2,86227.61%5275.08%4,11339.69%10,364
Monroe 15,54029.94%34,19365.87%2,1744.19%-18,653-35.94%51,907
Montgomery 8,36266.69%3,51828.06%6595.26%4,84438.63%12,539
Morgan 17,53969.72%6,47125.72%1,1484.56%11,06843.99%25,158
Newton 2,96665.00%1,40230.73%1954.27%1,56434.28%4,563
Noble 8,99365.70%4,13230.18%5644.12%4,86135.51%13,689
Ohio 1,58666.22%74731.19%622.59%83935.03%2,395
Orange 4,35364.28%2,13531.53%2844.19%2,21832.75%6,772
Owen 4,60163.96%2,21030.72%3835.32%2,39133.24%7,194
Parke 3,53266.12%1,49928.06%3115.82%2,03338.06%5,342
Perry 3,45048.25%3,36447.04%3374.71%861.20%7,151
Pike 3,23562.71%1,67932.55%2454.75%1,55630.16%5,159
Porter 29,36845.32%33,39051.53%2,0373.14%-4,022-6.21%64,795
Posey 6,32459.44%3,88136.48%4354.09%2,44322.96%10,640
Pulaski 2,58359.26%1,61737.10%1593.65%96622.16%4,359
Putnam 7,81465.67%3,51229.52%5734.82%4,30236.15%11,899
Randolph 5,13863.35%2,46730.42%5056.23%2,67132.93%8,110
Ripley 6,88072.66%2,35024.82%2392.52%4,53047.84%9,469
Rush 3,99165.61%1,69027.78%4026.61%2,30137.83%6,083
St. Joseph 36,45639.08%53,75857.63%3,0733.29%-17,302-18.55%93,287
Scott 4,24155.34%3,11340.62%3094.03%1,12814.72%7,663
Shelby 9,34064.78%4,33330.05%7455.17%5,00734.73%14,418
Spencer 5,20258.61%3,21836.26%4555.13%1,98422.35%8,875
Starke 4,14954.71%3,11941.13%3164.17%1,03013.58%7,584
Steuben 7,83964.39%3,86431.74%4723.88%3,97532.65%12,175
Sullivan 4,34058.66%2,66336.00%3955.34%1,67722.67%7,398
Switzerland 1,87464.07%93632.00%1153.93%93832.07%2,925
Tippecanoe 22,64944.02%26,37651.26%2,4314.72%-3,727-7.24%51,456
Tipton 4,06266.30%1,73428.30%3315.40%2,32838.00%6,127
Union 1,74969.85%68227.24%732.92%1,06742.61%2,504
Vanderburgh 29,37550.20%27,18346.45%1,9623.35%2,1923.75%58,520
Vermillion 3,00253.68%2,19839.31%3927.01%80414.38%5,592
Vigo 14,81346.79%15,17147.92%1,6745.29%-358-1.13%31,658
Wabash 7,65867.78%3,15927.96%4824.27%4,49939.82%11,299
Warren 2,20867.34%91427.87%1574.79%1,29439.46%3,279
Warrick 14,01057.50%9,59439.37%7623.13%4,41618.12%24,366
Washington 6,12765.31%2,80629.91%4484.78%3,32135.40%9,381
Wayne 11,24156.88%7,48237.86%1,0395.26%3,75919.02%19,762
Wells 7,81971.79%2,69424.73%3793.48%5,12547.05%10,892
White 5,10060.05%2,73932.25%6547.70%2,36127.80%8,493
Whitley 9,01967.39%3,81828.53%5474.09%5,20138.86%13,384
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Braun won six of nine congressional districts, with Donnelly winning the other three, including one held by a Republican. [167]

DistrictDonnellyBraunElected
representative
1st 61%37% Pete Visclosky
2nd 45%51% Jackie Walorski
3rd 37%60% Jim Banks
4th 37%58% Jim Baird
5th 48.4%47.9% Susan Brooks
6th 34%61% Greg Pence
7th 65%32% André Carson
8th 38%57% Larry Bucshon
9th 41%54% Trey Hollingsworth

Voter demographics

Edison Research exit poll
Demographic subgroupDonnellyBraunNo
Answer		% of
voters
Gender
Men4057349
Women4946551
Age
18–29 years old4845713
30–44 years old4943820
45–64 years old4454339
65 and older4157128
Race
White 4056486
Black 881118
Latino 712263
Asian N/AN/AN/A1
OtherN/AN/AN/A2
Race by gender
White men3562342
White women4451544
Black men821524
Black women95504
Latino menN/AN/AN/A1
Latina womenN/AN/AN/A2
OthersN/AN/AN/A2
Education
High school or less4056423
Some college education4054626
Associate degree 4155413
Bachelor's degree 4651322
Advanced degree6136216
Education and race
White college graduates4948334
White no college degree3362553
Non-white college graduates801924
Non-white no college degree7620410
Whites by education and gender
White women with college degrees5739417
White women without college degrees3659627
White men with college degrees4157217
White men without college degrees3165426
Non-whites7720314
Income
Under $30,0004944815
$30,000–49,9994649423
$50,000–99,9994455235
$100,000–199,9994452422
Over $200,000N/AN/AN/A5
Party ID
Democrats 926229
Republicans 890239
Independents 4744931
Party by gender
Democratic men926212
Democratic women935218
Republican men891119
Republican women890220
Independent men4252718
Independent women55331213
Ideology
Liberals 868620
Moderates 5937540
Conservatives 1088240
Marital status
Married4354361
Unmarried5146339
Gender by marital status
Married men3860231
Married women4849330
Unmarried men4253519
Unmarried women6139120
First-time midterm election voter
Yes4153615
No4651385
Most important issue facing the country
Health care 7026441
Immigration 1085527
Economy 3166321
Gun policy 663138
Area type
Urban6333431
Suburban4453344
Rural3758525
Source: CNN [168]

Notes

  1. ↑ Curtis Hill* 4%; Mark Hurt†, Terry Henderson†, and Andrew Takami† with 1%. *Hypothetical candidate. †Withdrawn.

References

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