2000 United States Senate election in Indiana
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.
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Major candidates
Democratic
- David Johnson, attorney and adviser to Gov. Frank O'Bannon[1]
Republican
- Richard Lugar, incumbent U.S. Senator
Campaign
Debates
- Complete video of debate, August 30, 2000
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 fourth term on January 3, 2001.
| Elections in Indiana |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Richard Lugar (Incumbent) | 1,427,944 | 66.5% | ||
| Democratic | David Johnson | 683,273 | 31.9% | ||
| Libertarian | Paul Hager | 33,992 | 1.6% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,145,209 | 55% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
By county
Lugar won 91 of Indiana's 92 counties, Johnson won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County.[3]
| County | Lugar | Votes | Johnson | Votes | Hager | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 76.9% | 9,384 | 21.6% | 2,635 | 1.5% | 188 | 12,207 |
| Allen | 73.4% | 83,279 | 25.1% | 28,477 | 1.5% | 1,723 | 113,479 |
| Bartholomew | 72.9% | 18,585 | 25.6% | 6,512 | 1.5% | 383 | 25,480 |
| Benton | 72.6% | 2,804 | 25.0% | 965 | 2.4% | 94 | 3,863 |
| Blackford | 66.9% | 3,245 | 31.7% | 1,539 | 1.4% | 69 | 4,853 |
| Boone | 79.9% | 14,527 | 18.2% | 3,311 | 1.9% | 353 | 18,191 |
| Brown | 67.8% | 4,609 | 29.2% | 1,982 | 3.0% | 204 | 6,795 |
| Carroll | 71.4% | 5,888 | 27.2% | 2,245 | 1.4% | 117 | 8,250 |
| Cass | 69.4% | 10,191 | 29.1% | 4,275 | 1.5% | 223 | 14,689 |
| Clark | 62.8% | 23,087 | 36.0% | 13,230 | 1.2% | 437 | 36,754 |
| Clay | 72.3% | 7,091 | 26.3% | 2,575 | 1.4% | 142 | 9,808 |
| Clinton | 72.7% | 7,899 | 25.7% | 2,790 | 1.6% | 173 | 10,862 |
| Crawford | 62.3% | 2,541 | 36.1% | 1,472 | 1.6% | 65 | 4,078 |
| Daviess | 77.0% | 7,434 | 21.9% | 2,117 | 1.1% | 104 | 9,655 |
| Dearborn | 68.6% | 11,878 | 29.5% | 5,103 | 1.9% | 328 | 17,309 |
| Decatur | 74.8% | 6,544 | 23.7% | 2,068 | 1.5% | 132 | 8,744 |
| DeKalb | 74.6% | 10,116 | 24.0% | 3,244 | 1.4% | 184 | 13,544 |
| Delaware | 63.7% | 27,066 | 34.6% | 14,650 | 1.7% | 743 | 42,459 |
| Dubois | 72.5% | 10,648 | 26.7% | 3,908 | 0.8% | 121 | 14,677 |
| Elkhart | 78.3% | 42,285 | 20.5% | 11,081 | 1.2% | 665 | 54,031 |
| Fayette | 67.2% | 5,714 | 31.2% | 2,658 | 1.6% | 137 | 8,509 |
| Floyd | 66.3% | 19,759 | 32.7% | 9,719 | 1.0% | 304 | 29,782 |
| Fountain | 70.3% | 4,934 | 28.1% | 1,974 | 1.6% | 112 | 7,020 |
| Franklin | 72.3% | 5,902 | 26.1% | 2,127 | 1.6% | 128 | 8,157 |
| Fulton | 73.7% | 6,141 | 25.0% | 2,082 | 1.3% | 111 | 8,334 |
| Gibson | 65.1% | 8,936 | 33.6% | 4,616 | 1.3% | 174 | 13,726 |
| Grant | 68.0% | 17,704 | 30.7% | 7,999 | 1.3% | 341 | 26,044 |
| Greene | 64.5% | 7,797 | 34.2% | 4,132 | 1.3% | 159 | 12,088 |
| Hamilton | 84.0% | 63,216 | 14.4% | 10,834 | 1.6% | 1,194 | 75,244 |
| Hancock | 78.2% | 17,376 | 19.8% | 4,404 | 2.0% | 451 | 22,231 |
| Harrison | 68.6% | 10,112 | 29.7% | 4,379 | 1.7% | 257 | 14,748 |
| Hendricks | 79.5% | 31,800 | 18.8% | 7,525 | 1.7% | 682 | 40,007 |
| Henry | 66.7% | 11,765 | 31.8% | 5,611 | 1.5% | 264 | 17,640 |
| Howard | 67.0% | 22,827 | 31.2% | 10,616 | 1.8% | 608 | 34,051 |
| Huntington | 78.1% | 11,171 | 20.6% | 2,941 | 1.3% | 186 | 14,298 |
| Jackson | 71.2% | 10,389 | 27.6% | 4,027 | 1.2% | 182 | 14,598 |
| Jasper | 70.8% | 7,775 | 27.8% | 3,047 | 1.4% | 157 | 10,979 |
| Jay | 68.6% | 5,442 | 29.6% | 2,349 | 1.8% | 144 | 7,935 |
| Jefferson | 65.8% | 7,641 | 33.0% | 3,830 | 1.2% | 140 | 11,611 |
| Jennings | 70.7% | 6,673 | 27.8% | 2,620 | 1.5% | 140 | 9,433 |
| Johnson | 79.0% | 32,295 | 19.0% | 7,761 | 2.0% | 832 | 40,888 |
| Knox | 67.5% | 9,940 | 30.9% | 4,549 | 1.6% | 237 | 14,726 |
| Kosciusko | 82.5% | 20,282 | 15.7% | 3,871 | 1.8% | 441 | 24,594 |
| LaGrange | 78.0% | 6,464 | 20.7% | 1,712 | 1.3% | 108 | 8,284 |
| Lake | 41.7% | 71,574 | 57.1% | 97,809 | 1.2% | 2,083 | 171,466 |
| LaPorte | 60.3% | 22,589 | 37.1% | 13,864 | 2.6% | 955 | 37,408 |
| Lawrence | 73.8% | 11,733 | 24.6% | 3,913 | 1.6% | 255 | 15,901 |
| Madison | 62.6% | 31,664 | 35.9% | 18,154 | 1.5% | 781 | 50,599 |
| Marion | 58.1% | 158,620 | 40.2% | 109,736 | 1.7% | 4,532 | 272,888 |
| Marshall | 76.2% | 12,208 | 22.8% | 3,654 | 1.0% | 163 | 16,025 |
| Martin | 70.7% | 3,214 | 27.9% | 1,268 | 1.4% | 63 | 4,545 |
| Miami | 69.6% | 8,712 | 29.0% | 3,623 | 1.4% | 176 | 12,511 |
| Monroe | 63.8% | 25,168 | 32.6% | 12,837 | 3.6% | 1,404 | 39,409 |
| Montgomery | 78.5% | 10,280 | 19.7% | 2,571 | 1.8% | 239 | 13,090 |
| Morgan | 76.6% | 16,731 | 21.3% | 4,640 | 2.1% | 452 | 21,823 |
| Newton | 64.0% | 3,463 | 33.5% | 1,814 | 2.5% | 133 | 5,410 |
| Noble | 75.5% | 10,661 | 23.0% | 3,245 | 1.5% | 207 | 14,113 |
| Ohio | 66.3% | 1,614 | 31.9% | 777 | 1.8% | 44 | 2,435 |
| Orange | 72.6% | 5,143 | 25.9% | 1,832 | 1.5% | 109 | 7,084 |
| Owen | 70.0% | 4,502 | 27.3% | 1,756 | 2.7% | 176 | 6,434 |
| Parke | 69.4% | 4,303 | 29.1% | 1,801 | 1.5% | 94 | 6,198 |
| Perry | 54.7% | 3,754 | 44.3% | 3,041 | 1.0% | 68 | 6,863 |
| Pike | 64.4% | 3,821 | 33.8% | 2,007 | 1.8% | 109 | 5,937 |
| Porter | 61.9% | 34,785 | 36.4% | 20,430 | 1.7% | 973 | 56,188 |
| Posey | 70.1% | '7,487' | 28.8% | 3,074 | 1.1% | 121 | 10,682 |
| Pulaski | 69.6% | 3,719 | 29.4% | 1,566 | 1.0% | 56 | 5,341 |
| Putnam | 73.2% | 8,359 | 24.5% | 2,792 | 2.3% | 260 | 11,411 |
| Randolph | 69.7% | 6,776 | 28.9% | 2,808 | 1.4% | 136 | 9,720 |
| Ripley | 72.5% | 7,657 | 25.6% | 2,704 | 1.9% | 196 | 10,557 |
| Rush | 75.7% | 5,334 | 22.0% | 1,552 | 2.3% | 161 | 7,047 |
| Saint Joseph | 63.5% | 59,818 | 35.5% | 33,378 | 1.0% | 927 | 94,123 |
| Scott | 62.1% | 4,798 | 36.4% | 2,810 | 1.5% | 115 | 7,723 |
| Shelby | 72.1% | 10,925 | 26.3% | 3,986 | 1.6% | 250 | 15,161 |
| Spencer | 64.1% | 5,747 | 35.1% | 3,147 | 0.8% | 75 | 8,969 |
| Starke | 59.7% | 4,866 | 38.9% | 3,168 | 1.4% | 113 | 8,147 |
| Steuben | 75.9% | 8,549 | 22.1% | 2,479 | 2.0% | 229 | 11,257 |
| Sullivan | 62.3% | 4,645 | 36.5% | 2,720 | 1.2% | 86 | 7,451 |
| Switzerland | 59.5% | 1,885 | 38.4% | 1,216 | 2.1% | 67 | 3,168 |
| Tippecanoe | 72.2% | 32,101 | 25.5% | 11,357 | 2.3% | 1,034 | 44,492 |
| Tipton | 71.3% | 5,111 | 27.4% | 1,958 | 1.3% | 96 | 7,165 |
| Union | 74.4% | 2,068 | 24.2% | 673 | 1.4% | 39 | 2,780 |
| Vanderburgh | 66.0% | 41,482 | 32.7% | 20,552 | 1.3% | 832 | 62,866 |
| Vermillion | 57.2% | 3,585 | 41.2% | 2,577 | 1.6% | 103 | 6,265 |
| Vigo | 64.1% | 22,886 | 34.2% | 12,176 | 1.7% | 589 | 35,651 |
| Wabash | 74.1% | 9,404 | 24.9% | 3,167 | 1.0% | 125 | 12,696 |
| Warren | 67.7% | 2,454 | 30.6% | 1,106 | 1.7% | 63 | 3,623 |
| Warrick | 68.6% | 14,538 | 30.2% | 6,402 | 1.2% | 250 | 21,190 |
| Washington | 70.4% | 6,828 | 27.1% | 2,629 | 2.5% | 239 | 9,696 |
| Wayne | 66.7% | 15,926 | 31.8% | 7,590 | 1.5% | 356 | 23,872 |
| Wells | 78.2% | 8,565 | 20.4% | 2,235 | 1.4% | 158 | 10,958 |
| White | 74.3% | 7,310 | 24.0% | 2,360 | 1.7% | 169 | 9,839 |
| Whitley | 76.1% | 9,426 | 22.3% | 2,757 | 1.6% | 194 | 12,377 |
See also
References
- https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=BALLMT19990617-01.1.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
- "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
- "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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