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2000 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Nominee Richard Lugar David L. Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,427,944 683,273
Percentage 66.56% 31.85%
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.

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Debates[edit]

Results[edit]

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.

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2000 United States Senate election, Indiana[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard Lugar (Incumbent) 1,427,944 66.56% -0.79%
Democratic David Johnson 683,273 31.85% +1.35%
Libertarian Paul Hager 33,992 1.58% +0.46%
Majority 744,671 34.71% -2.14%
Turnout 2,145,209 55%
Republican hold Swing

By county[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana