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.

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

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 fifth term on January 3, 2001.

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

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

• 2000 United States Senate elections