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1998 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Field	Value
election_name	1998 United States Senate election in Indiana
country	Indiana
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States Senate election in Indiana
previous_year	1992
next_election	2004 United States Senate election in Indiana
next_year	2004
election_date	November 3, 1998
image1	File:Evan Bayh official portrait v2.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Evan Bayh
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,012,244
percentage1	63.72%
image2	File:Paul Helmke.jpg
nominee2	Paul Helmke
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	552,732
percentage2	34.79%
map_image	160px
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Bayh:
Helmke:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Dan Coats
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Evan Bayh
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Bayh:
Helmke:
The 1998 United States Senate election in Indiana was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Senator Dan Coats decided to retire instead of seeking a second full term; he later successfully ran for this seat again in 2010. Democratic former Governor Evan Bayh won the open seat his father once held.

General election

Candidates

Evan Bayh, former Governor (Democratic)
Paul Helmke, mayor of Fort Wayne (Republican)
Rebecca Sink-Burris (Libertarian)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Paul
Helmke (R)	Evan
Bayh (D)	Undecided
Mason Dixon	October 25–27, 1998	819 (LV)	± 3.5%	33%	58%	9%
Mason Dixon	September 11–13, 1998	814 (LV)	± 3.5%	32%	55%	13%
Mason Dixon	July 25–27, 1998	803 (LV)	± 3.5%	31%	53%	16%

Results

Results by county

Bayh won 88 of Indiana's counties compared to 4 for Helmke.

County	Bayh	Votes	Helmke	Votes	Sink-Burris	Votes	Total
Adams	60.5%	*6,407*	37.8%	4,011	1.7%	185	10,603
Allen	53.5%	*41,037*	44.5%	34,183	2.0%	1,496	76,716
Bartholomew	60.9%	*11,937*	37.7%	7,383	1.4%	275	19,595
Benton	62.2%	*2,019*	36.1%	1,172	1.7%	54	3,245
Blackford	67.4%	*2,916*	31.2%	1,348	1.4%	60	4,324
Boone	48.7%	6,267	49.6%	*6,377*	1.7%	215	12,859
Brown	64.6%	*3,670*	33.5%	1,903	1.9%	107	5,680
Carroll	62.4%	*3,987*	36.6%	2,340	1.0%	63	6,390
Cass	60.5%	*7,454*	38.0%	4,691	1.5%	184	12,329
Clark	71.8%	*18,747*	27.1%	7,090	1.1%	291	26,128
Clay	73.2%	*6,099*	25.7%	2,137	1.1%	95	8,331
Clinton	58.5%	*4,859*	40.1%	3,332	1.4%	113	8,304
Crawford	70.0%	*2,673*	28.2%	1,075	1.8%	70	3,818
Daviess	62.8%	*5,056*	36.3%	2,918	0.9%	75	8,049
Dearborn	57.1%	*6,650*	40.4%	4,704	2.5%	286	11,640
Decatur	63.5%	*4,372*	35.4%	2,434	1.1%	79	6,885
DeKalb	57.3%	*5,217*	41.1%	3,736	1.6%	145	9,098
Delaware	67.4%	*23,142*	31.3%	10,758	1.3%	458	34,358
Dubois	71.2%	*8,623*	26.4%	3,199	2.4%	292	12,114
Elkhart	51.9%	*17,863*	47.1%	16,238	1.0%	334	34,435
Fayette	71.9%	*5,717*	26.9%	2,137	1.2%	99	7,953
Floyd	68.1%	*15,150*	30.7%	6,832	1.2%	261	22,243
Fountain	65.4%	*4,143*	33.5%	2,125	1.1%	70	6,338
Franklin	64.4%	*3,817*	33.9%	2,014	1.7%	100	5,931
Fulton	66.9%	*4,751*	31.6%	2,248	1.5%	107	7,106
Gibson	73.2%	*8,265*	25.8%	2,914	0.9%	107	11,286
Grant	61.9%	*13,067*	37.1%	7,829	1.0%	212	21,108
Greene	71.5%	*8,002*	27.4%	3,062	1.1%	123	11,187
Hamilton	42.4%	18,793	56.2%	*24,948*	1.4%	611	44,352
Hancock	54.8%	*9,135*	43.7%	7,303	1.5%	244	16,682
Harrison	69.4%	*8,245*	28.9%	3,430	1.7%	200	11,875
Hendricks	46.8%	11,458	52.0%	*12,757*	1.2%	301	24,516
Henry	66.2%	*10,029*	32.6%	4,954	1.2%	176	15,159
Howard	63.6%	*15,811*	35.0%	8,686	1.4%	347	24,844
Huntington	52.8%	*5,412*	45.8%	4,692	1.4%	144	10,248
Jackson	68.2%	*8,557*	30.7%	3,856	1.1%	144	12,557
Jasper	56.2%	*3,764*	42.5%	2,850	1.3%	90	6,704
Jay	64.3%	*4,202*	34.2%	2,240	1.5%	96	6,538
Jefferson	64.9%	*6,134*	25.9%	2,450	9.2%	865	9,449
Jennings	63.8%	*4,507*	34.6%	2,448	1.6%	110	7,065
Johnson	55.0%	*15,965*	43.5%	12,637	1.5%	422	29,024
Knox	74.5%	*9,101*	24.6%	3,003	0.9%	108	12,212
Kosciusko	48.1%	8,423	49.9%	*8,750*	2.0%	342	17,515
LaGrange	58.1%	*3,715*	40.6%	2,596	1.3%	81	6,392
Lake	78.0%	*80,073*	20.9%	21,429	1.1%	1,139	102,641
LaPorte	71.2%	*21,495*	27.5%	8,304	1.3%	386	30,185
Lawrence	61.2%	*7,967*	37.3%	4,850	1.5%	201	13,018
Madison	69.6%	*29,134*	29.4%	12,317	1.0%	426	41,877
Marion	60.9%	*122,830*	37.5%	75,688	1.6%	3,329	201,847
Marshall	59.6%	*6,504*	39.5%	4,310	0.9%	97	10,911
Martin	69.7%	*2,624*	29.1%	1,099	1.2%	44	3,767
Miami	57.6%	*5,689*	40.4%	3,993	2.0%	195	9,877
Monroe	66.2%	*19,044*	30.8%	8,845	3.0%	862	28,751
Montgomery	56.2%	*5,062*	42.5%	3,835	1.3%	113	9,010
Morgan	55.1%	*9,056*	43.3%	7,109	1.6%	271	16,436
Newton	65.5%	*2,654*	32.2%	1,306	2.3%	94	4,054
Noble	58.8%	*6,014*	39.5%	4,046	1.7%	171	10,231
Ohio	59.6%	*1,208*	37.5%	760	2.9%	58	2,026
Orange	64.2%	*4,343*	33.8%	2,293	2.0%	134	6,770
Owen	67.7%	*3,625*	30.4%	1,632	1.9%	101	5,358
Parke	71.4%	*4,192*	27.4%	1,611	1.2%	71	5,874
Perry	76.2%	*4,218*	22.9%	1,265	0.9%	49	5,532
Pike	74.0%	*3,883*	24.5%	1,284	1.5%	79	5,246
Porter	69.6%	*26,219*	28.9%	10,890	1.5%	557	37,666
Posey	73.9%	*6,870*	24.9%	2,316	1.2%	116	9,302
Pulaski	62.6%	*2,853*	36.0%	1,641	1.4%	62	4,556
Putnam	61.5%	*5,706*	37.0%	3,437	1.5%	138	9,281
Randolph	61.3%	*4,351*	37.3%	2,643	1.4%	101	7,095
Ripley	61.2%	*5,105*	37.7%	3,149	1.1%	96	8,350
Rush	64.0%	*4,051*	34.5%	2,184	1.5%	92	6,327
Saint Joseph	68.3%	*47,214*	30.7%	21,229	1.0%	667	69,110
Scott	75.2%	*4,492*	23.9%	1,428	0.9%	55	5,975
Shelby	62.4%	*7,201*	36.3%	4,186	1.3%	155	11,542
Spencer	69.0%	*5,121*	30.4%	2,253	0.6%	48	7,422
Starke	71.7%	*5,127*	26.4%	1,892	1.9%	135	7,154
Steuben	55.3%	*4,204*	42.5%	3,237	2.2%	166	7,607
Sullivan	79.0%	*5,565*	19.7%	1,387	1.3%	90	7,042
Switzerland	67.7%	*1,847*	31.2%	851	1.1%	30	2,728
Tippecanoe	60.1%	*20,293*	38.6%	13,025	1.3%	452	33,770
Tipton	62.3%	*3,517*	36.3%	2,051	1.4%	78	5,646
Union	60.7%	*1,451*	37.2%	889	2.1%	51	2,391
Vanderburgh	71.5%	*36,558*	27.3%	14,010	1.2%	590	51,158
Vermillion	82.2%	*4,195*	16.5%	842	1.3%	65	5,102
Vigo	76.6%	*22,070*	22.2%	6,415	1.2%	337	28,822
Wabash	55.1%	*4,739*	44.0%	3,781	0.9%	78	8,598
Warren	67.0%	*2,324*	31.6%	1,095	1.4%	50	3,469
Warrick	70.8%	*11,889*	28.0%	4,700	1.2%	194	16,783
Washington	65.7%	*5,282*	28.5%	2,289	5.9%	472	8,043
Wayne	63.5%	*12,704*	35.3%	7,068	1.2%	247	20,019
Wells	56.6%	*5,146*	41.9%	3,806	1.5%	137	9,089
White	68.3%	*5,791*	30.5%	2,592	1.2%	103	8,486
Whitley	58.9%	*5,586*	38.8%	3,680	2.3%	222	9,488

Notes

References

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County	Bayh	Votes	Helmke	Votes	Sink-Burris	Votes	Total
Adams	60.5%	*6,407*	37.8%	4,011	1.7%	185	10,603
Allen	53.5%	*41,037*	44.5%	34,183	2.0%	1,496	76,716
Bartholomew	60.9%	*11,937*	37.7%	7,383	1.4%	275	19,595
Benton	62.2%	*2,019*	36.1%	1,172	1.7%	54	3,245
Blackford	67.4%	*2,916*	31.2%	1,348	1.4%	60	4,324
Boone	48.7%	6,267	49.6%	*6,377*	1.7%	215	12,859
Brown	64.6%	*3,670*	33.5%	1,903	1.9%	107	5,680
Carroll	62.4%	*3,987*	36.6%	2,340	1.0%	63	6,390
Cass	60.5%	*7,454*	38.0%	4,691	1.5%	184	12,329
Clark	71.8%	*18,747*	27.1%	7,090	1.1%	291	26,128
Clay	73.2%	*6,099*	25.7%	2,137	1.1%	95	8,331
Clinton	58.5%	*4,859*	40.1%	3,332	1.4%	113	8,304
Crawford	70.0%	*2,673*	28.2%	1,075	1.8%	70	3,818
Daviess	62.8%	*5,056*	36.3%	2,918	0.9%	75	8,049
Dearborn	57.1%	*6,650*	40.4%	4,704	2.5%	286	11,640
Decatur	63.5%	*4,372*	35.4%	2,434	1.1%	79	6,885
DeKalb	57.3%	*5,217*	41.1%	3,736	1.6%	145	9,098
Delaware	67.4%	*23,142*	31.3%	10,758	1.3%	458	34,358
Dubois	71.2%	*8,623*	26.4%	3,199	2.4%	292	12,114
Elkhart	51.9%	*17,863*	47.1%	16,238	1.0%	334	34,435
Fayette	71.9%	*5,717*	26.9%	2,137	1.2%	99	7,953
Floyd	68.1%	*15,150*	30.7%	6,832	1.2%	261	22,243
Fountain	65.4%	*4,143*	33.5%	2,125	1.1%	70	6,338
Franklin	64.4%	*3,817*	33.9%	2,014	1.7%	100	5,931
Fulton	66.9%	*4,751*	31.6%	2,248	1.5%	107	7,106
Gibson	73.2%	*8,265*	25.8%	2,914	0.9%	107	11,286
Grant	61.9%	*13,067*	37.1%	7,829	1.0%	212	21,108
Greene	71.5%	*8,002*	27.4%	3,062	1.1%	123	11,187
Hamilton	42.4%	18,793	56.2%	*24,948*	1.4%	611	44,352
Hancock	54.8%	*9,135*	43.7%	7,303	1.5%	244	16,682
Harrison	69.4%	*8,245*	28.9%	3,430	1.7%	200	11,875
Hendricks	46.8%	11,458	52.0%	*12,757*	1.2%	301	24,516
Henry	66.2%	*10,029*	32.6%	4,954	1.2%	176	15,159
Howard	63.6%	*15,811*	35.0%	8,686	1.4%	347	24,844
Huntington	52.8%	*5,412*	45.8%	4,692	1.4%	144	10,248
Jackson	68.2%	*8,557*	30.7%	3,856	1.1%	144	12,557
Jasper	56.2%	*3,764*	42.5%	2,850	1.3%	90	6,704
Jay	64.3%	*4,202*	34.2%	2,240	1.5%	96	6,538
Jefferson	64.9%	*6,134*	25.9%	2,450	9.2%	865	9,449
Jennings	63.8%	*4,507*	34.6%	2,448	1.6%	110	7,065
Johnson	55.0%	*15,965*	43.5%	12,637	1.5%	422	29,024
Knox	74.5%	*9,101*	24.6%	3,003	0.9%	108	12,212
Kosciusko	48.1%	8,423	49.9%	*8,750*	2.0%	342	17,515
LaGrange	58.1%	*3,715*	40.6%	2,596	1.3%	81	6,392
Lake	78.0%	*80,073*	20.9%	21,429	1.1%	1,139	102,641
LaPorte	71.2%	*21,495*	27.5%	8,304	1.3%	386	30,185
Lawrence	61.2%	*7,967*	37.3%	4,850	1.5%	201	13,018
Madison	69.6%	*29,134*	29.4%	12,317	1.0%	426	41,877
Marion	60.9%	*122,830*	37.5%	75,688	1.6%	3,329	201,847
Marshall	59.6%	*6,504*	39.5%	4,310	0.9%	97	10,911
Martin	69.7%	*2,624*	29.1%	1,099	1.2%	44	3,767
Miami	57.6%	*5,689*	40.4%	3,993	2.0%	195	9,877
Monroe	66.2%	*19,044*	30.8%	8,845	3.0%	862	28,751
Montgomery	56.2%	*5,062*	42.5%	3,835	1.3%	113	9,010
Morgan	55.1%	*9,056*	43.3%	7,109	1.6%	271	16,436
Newton	65.5%	*2,654*	32.2%	1,306	2.3%	94	4,054
Noble	58.8%	*6,014*	39.5%	4,046	1.7%	171	10,231
Ohio	59.6%	*1,208*	37.5%	760	2.9%	58	2,026
Orange	64.2%	*4,343*	33.8%	2,293	2.0%	134	6,770
Owen	67.7%	*3,625*	30.4%	1,632	1.9%	101	5,358
Parke	71.4%	*4,192*	27.4%	1,611	1.2%	71	5,874
Perry	76.2%	*4,218*	22.9%	1,265	0.9%	49	5,532
Pike	74.0%	*3,883*	24.5%	1,284	1.5%	79	5,246
Porter	69.6%	*26,219*	28.9%	10,890	1.5%	557	37,666
Posey	73.9%	*6,870*	24.9%	2,316	1.2%	116	9,302
Pulaski	62.6%	*2,853*	36.0%	1,641	1.4%	62	4,556
Putnam	61.5%	*5,706*	37.0%	3,437	1.5%	138	9,281
Randolph	61.3%	*4,351*	37.3%	2,643	1.4%	101	7,095
Ripley	61.2%	*5,105*	37.7%	3,149	1.1%	96	8,350
Rush	64.0%	*4,051*	34.5%	2,184	1.5%	92	6,327
Saint Joseph	68.3%	*47,214*	30.7%	21,229	1.0%	667	69,110
Scott	75.2%	*4,492*	23.9%	1,428	0.9%	55	5,975
Shelby	62.4%	*7,201*	36.3%	4,186	1.3%	155	11,542
Spencer	69.0%	*5,121*	30.4%	2,253	0.6%	48	7,422
Starke	71.7%	*5,127*	26.4%	1,892	1.9%	135	7,154
Steuben	55.3%	*4,204*	42.5%	3,237	2.2%	166	7,607
Sullivan	79.0%	*5,565*	19.7%	1,387	1.3%	90	7,042
Switzerland	67.7%	*1,847*	31.2%	851	1.1%	30	2,728
Tippecanoe	60.1%	*20,293*	38.6%	13,025	1.3%	452	33,770
Tipton	62.3%	*3,517*	36.3%	2,051	1.4%	78	5,646
Union	60.7%	*1,451*	37.2%	889	2.1%	51	2,391
Vanderburgh	71.5%	*36,558*	27.3%	14,010	1.2%	590	51,158
Vermillion	82.2%	*4,195*	16.5%	842	1.3%	65	5,102
Vigo	76.6%	*22,070*	22.2%	6,415	1.2%	337	28,822
Wabash	55.1%	*4,739*	44.0%	3,781	0.9%	78	8,598
Warren	67.0%	*2,324*	31.6%	1,095	1.4%	50	3,469
Warrick	70.8%	*11,889*	28.0%	4,700	1.2%	194	16,783
Washington	65.7%	*5,282*	28.5%	2,289	5.9%	472	8,043
Wayne	63.5%	*12,704*	35.3%	7,068	1.2%	247	20,019
Wells	56.6%	*5,146*	41.9%	3,806	1.5%	137	9,089
White	68.3%	*5,791*	30.5%	2,592	1.2%	103	8,486
Whitley	58.9%	*5,586*	38.8%	3,680	2.3%	222	9,488