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2018 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Turnout50.42% Decrease
 
Nominee Mike Braun Joe Donnelly
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,158,000 1,023,553
Percentage 50.7% 44.8%
Braun:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Donnelly:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Joe Donnelly
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Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Braun
Republican

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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 lost re-election to a second term to Republican Mike Braun by a 6% margin. This was the second consecutive election for this seat where the incumbent was defeated and/or the seat flipped parties.

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]

Background[edit]

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[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Withdrew[edit]

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

Endorsements[edit]

Joe Donnelly
47th Vice President of the United States
United States Senator
Organization

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Donnelly (incumbent) 284,621 100.00%
Total votes 284,621 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eliminated in the primary election[edit]

Declined[edit]

Withdrawn[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Mike Braun
U.S. Senators
State Senators
State Representatives
Organizations
Newspapers
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[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Luke
Messer 		Todd
Rokita 		Mike
Braun 		Other Undecided
Strategic National (R) May 5–6, 2018 300 ± 5.7% 29% 28% 44% – –
Gravis Marketing Archived November 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine April 6–11, 2018 280 ± 5.9% 13% 16% 26% – 45%
GS Strategy Group (R-Rokita) January 6–9, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 9% 24% 9% – 58%
GS Strategy Group (R-Rokita) July 16–18, 2017 500 ± 4.4% 20% 28% – – 51%
14% 21% 11% – 55%
OnMedia (R-Messer) Archived August 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine July 10–12, 2017 400 ± 4.8% 23% 23% 2% 7%[a] 45%

Results[edit]

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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Braun 208,602 41.17%
Republican Todd Rokita 151,967 29.99%
Republican Luke Messer 146,131 28.84%
Total votes 506,700 100.00%

Independent[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

  • James Johnson Jr.[60]

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

  • Mike Braun, businessman and former state representative (R)
  • Lucy Brenton (L)
  • Joe Donnelly, incumbent (D)
  • James Johnson Jr. (I)

Debates[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[61] Tossup October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[62] Tossup November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[63] Lean R (flip) November 5, 2018
CNN[64] Tossup November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[65] Tossup November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[66] Tossup November 5, 2018
Fox News[67] Tossup November 5, 2018

Fundraising[edit]

Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018
Candidate (party) Total receipts Total disbursements Cash 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[68]

Endorsements[edit]

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[129]
Newspapers

Polling[edit]

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Donnelly (D) 		Mike
Braun (R) 		Lucy
Brenton (L) 		Other Undecided
HarrisX November 3–5, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 42% 43% – – –
HarrisX November 2–4, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 43% 41% – – –
HarrisX November 1–3, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 43% 42% – – –
HarrisX October 31 – November 2, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 44% 42% – – –
HarrisX October 30 – November 1, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 43% 43% – – –
HarrisX October 29–31, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 40% 43% – – –
Fox News October 27–30, 2018 722 LV ± 3.5% 45% 38% 5% 2% 9%
852 RV ± 3.0% 42% 38% 6% 2% 11%
HarrisX Archived November 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine October 24–30, 2018 1,400 ± 2.6% 42% 42% – – –
NBC News/Marist October 24–28, 2018 496 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) October 26–27, 2018 505 ± 4.4% 46% 49% – 3% 2%
YouGov October 23–26, 2018 975 ± 3.7% 43% 46% 3% 0% 8%
Mason Strategies (R) October 15–20, 2018 600 ± 3.9% 43% 47% 3% – 7%
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) October 14–17, 2018 800 – 40% 44% 7% – 5%
SurveyUSA October 12–16, 2018 816 ± 4.6% 41% 40% 8% – 11%
Gravis Marketing October 12–16, 2018 377 ± 5.1% 44% 40% 7% – 10%
Vox Populi Polling October 13–15, 2018 783 ± 3.5% 55% 45% – – –
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) October 7–10, 2018 800 – 40% 44% 7% – 7%
American Viewpoint (R-Braun) September 30 – October 3, 2018 800 – 39% 43% 7% – 5%
Fox News September 29 – October 2, 2018 695 LV ± 3.5% 43% 41% 6% 2% 9%
806 RV ± 3.5% 41% 40% 6% 1% 10%
Ipsos September 12–20, 2018 1,181 ± 3.0% 46% 43% – 3% 8%
Fox News September 8–11, 2018 677 LV ± 3.5% 43% 45% 3% 1% 8%
804 RV ± 3.5% 42% 41% 4% 1% 10%
NBC News/Marist August 26–29, 2018 576 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) July 31 – August 7, 2018 1,420 ± 2.6% 51% 39% – – 11%
SurveyMonkey/Axios June 11 – July 2, 2018 952 ± 5.0% 47% 49% – – 4%
Gravis Marketing May 10–15, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 46% 47% – – 7%
Hypothetical polling
with Todd Rokita
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Donnelly (D) 		Todd
Rokita (R) 		Undecided
Gravis Marketing Archived November 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine April 6–11, 2018 411 ± 4.8% 50% 32% 18%
with Luke Messer
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Donnelly (D) 		Luke
Messer (R) 		Undecided
Gravis Marketing Archived November 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine April 6–11, 2018 411 ± 4.8% 46% 36% 18%
with generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Donnelly (D) 		Generic
Republican 		Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios February 12 – March 5, 2018 1,809 ± 3.8% 45% 51% 4%

Results[edit]

State House district results

On November 6, 2018, Braun won the general election.[132] 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.[133]

United States Senate election in Indiana, 2018[134]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Braun 1,158,000 50.7% +6.5%
Democratic Joe Donnelly (incumbent) 1,023,553 44.8% -5.2%
Libertarian Lucy Brenton 100,942 4.4% -1.3%
Write-in 70 <0.01% N/A
Total votes 2,282,565 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

By congressional district[edit]

Braun won 6 of 9 congressional districts, with Donnelly winning the other 3, including one held by a Republican.

District Braun Donnelly Elected
Representative
1st 37.9% 60.6% Pete Visclosky
2nd 51.0% 45.5% Jackie Walorski
3rd 59.6% 36.7% Jim Banks
4th 57.9% 37.4% Jim Baird
5th 47.9% 48.4% Susan Brooks
6th 60.8% 34.3% Greg Pence
7th 31.8% 64.5% André Carson
8th 57.3% 38.4% Larry Bucshon
9th 54.3% 41.5% Trey Hollingsworth

Voter Demographics[edit]

Edison Research exit poll
Demographic subgroup Donnelly Braun No
Answer 		% of
Voters
Gender
Men 40 57 3 49
Women 49 46 5 51
Age
18–29 years old 48 45 7 13
30–44 years old 49 43 8 20
45–64 years old 44 54 3 39
65 and older 41 57 1 28
Race
White 40 56 4 86
Black 88 11 1 8
Latino 71 22 6 3
Asian N/A N/A N/A 1
Other N/A N/A N/A 2
Race by gender
White men 35 62 3 42
White women 44 51 5 44
Black men 82 15 2 4
Black women 95 5 0 4
Latino men N/A N/A N/A 1
Latina women N/A N/A N/A 2
Others N/A N/A N/A 2
Education
High school or less 40 56 4 23
Some college education 40 54 6 26
Associate degree 41 55 4 13
Bachelor's degree 46 51 3 22
Advanced degree 61 36 2 16
Education and race
White college graduates 49 48 3 34
White no college degree 33 62 5 53
Non-white college graduates 80 19 2 4
Non-white no college degree 76 20 4 10
Whites by education and gender
White women with college degrees 57 39 4 17
White women without college degrees 36 59 6 27
White men with college degrees 41 57 2 17
White men without college degrees 31 65 4 26
Non-whites 77 20 3 14
Income
Under $30,000 49 44 8 15
$30,000–49,999 46 49 4 23
$50,000–99,999 44 55 2 35
$100,000–199,999 44 52 4 22
Over $200,000 N/A N/A N/A 5
Party ID
Democrats 92 6 2 29
Republicans 8 90 2 39
Independents 47 44 9 31
Party by gender
Democratic men 92 6 2 12
Democratic women 93 5 2 18
Republican men 8 91 1 19
Republican women 8 90 2 20
Independent men 42 52 7 18
Independent women 55 33 12 13
Ideology
Liberals 86 8 6 20
Moderates 59 37 5 40
Conservatives 10 88 2 40
Marital status
Married 43 54 3 61
Unmarried 51 46 3 39
Gender by marital status
Married men 38 60 2 31
Married women 48 49 3 30
Unmarried men 42 53 5 19
Unmarried women 61 39 1 20
First-time midterm election voter
Yes 41 53 6 15
No 46 51 3 85
Most important issue facing the country
Health care 70 26 4 41
Immigration 10 85 5 27
Economy 31 66 3 21
Gun policy 66 31 3 8
Area type
Urban 63 33 4 31
Suburban 44 53 3 44
Rural 37 58 5 25
Source: CNN[135]

Notes[edit]

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

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  107. ^ Joe Donnelly. "Very happy to have my friend @CoryBooker in Indy with me today. Starting the day right at Kountry Kitchen joined by ministers and @Andre4Congress talking about the importance of getting Hoosiers to the polls". Twitter.
  108. ^ Joe Donnelly. ".@ChrisCoonsforDE and I made 7 different stops across Northwest Indiana yesterday where we met hundreds of Hoosiers who were ready to vote early (or already had!). Make a plan to vote as soon as possible today!". Twitter.
  109. ^ Catherine Cortez Masto. "Great stopping by a Harrison County field office in Indiana to help ensure Hoosiers send @JoeforIndiana back to the Senate! Joe's fighting to protect our health care & ensure those with pre-existing conditions can access the care they need". Twitter.
  110. ^ Joe Donnelly. "Packed house at the USW rally in Chesterton tonight! Thanks to my friend @DickDurbin for joining us! Our @steelworkers know just how much is on the line this election". Twitter.
  111. ^ Tammy Duckworth. "Today I am in Indiana supporting my friend @JoeforIndiana who is in a tough reelection fight. Our first stop was Shapiro's Deli where I got the famous Reuben and talked with voters. We then stopped by the campaign headquarters for a canvass kickoff and some phone banking". Twitter.
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  113. ^ Joe Donnelly. "It was wonderful to have my friend @DougJones in Indianapolis with me this morning. Doug is right -- make sure you're registered and make a plan to vote on November 6!". Twitter.
  114. ^ Joe Donnelly. "Thanks to my friend @amyklobuchar for coming to see all our volunteers in South Bend yesterday! We've got folks all over the state knocking on doors and talking to voters". Twitter.
  115. ^ Brian Schatz. "Today is a good day to send a few bucks, or more, to Joe Donnelly. He's good people". Twitter.
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External links[edit]

Official campaign websites
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana