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2000 United States Senate election in Indiana

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FieldValue
election_name2000 United States Senate election in Indiana
countryIndiana
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1994 United States Senate election in Indiana
previous_year1994
next_election2006 United States Senate election in Indiana
next_year2006
election_dateNovember 7, 2000
image1File:Dick Lugar official photo.jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Richard Lugar**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**1,427,944**
percentage1**66.56%**
image23x4.svg
nominee2David L. Johnson
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2683,273
percentage231.85%
map_image160px
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
**Lugar:**
**Johnson:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionRichard Lugar
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionRichard Lugar
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Lugar:
Johnson:

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

  • David Johnson, attorney and adviser to Gov. Frank O'Bannon

Republican

  • Richard Lugar, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Debates

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 fifth term on January 3, 2001.

By county

Lugar won 91 of Indiana's 92 counties, Johnson won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County.

CountyLugarVotesJohnsonVotesHagerVotesTotal
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**
Lake41.7%*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**

References

References

  1. "Muncie Times 17 June 1999 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
  2. (November 7, 2000). "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State.
  3. (November 7, 2000). "United States Senator by County". Indiana Secretary of State.
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