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Election 1900 Results

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1900 Indiana governor election

Winfield T. Durbin (Republican) beat John W. Kern (Democrat) in Indiana in 1900, 50.5% to 46.7%, a margin of 3.8 points and 25,163 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1896, when James A. Mount won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 40. The largest, Marion, cast 53,580 votes and went to the Republican by 8.7 points. The closest was Greene, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Winfield T. Durbin won	Republican	331,531	50.5%
John W. Kern	Democratic	306,368	46.7%
All other candidates		18,086	2.8%
Total		655,985

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	23,937 44.7%	28,614 53.4%	1,029	53,580	R+8.7
Allen	10,665 55.9%	8,110 42.5%	292	19,067	D+13.4
Madison	8,286 44.5%	9,729 52.2%	626	18,641	R+7.7
Vigo	7,438 46.9%	7,876 49.7%	535	15,849	R+2.8
Vanderburgh	7,104 45.1%	8,126 51.6%	514	15,744	R+6.5
St. Joseph	6,865 45.4%	8,045 53.1%	227	15,137	R+7.8
Grant	5,251 34.7%	8,735 57.8%	1,138	15,124	R+23.0
Delaware	4,633 34.8%	8,194 61.6%	468	13,295	R+26.8
Elkhart	4,913 41.7%	6,233 52.9%	628	11,774	R+11.2
Tippecanoe	4,661 41.8%	6,266 56.2%	224	11,151	R+14.4
Wayne	4,011 36.9%	6,594 60.6%	268	10,873	R+23.8
La Porte	4,722 49.4%	4,729 49.4%	115	9,566	R+0.1
Cass	4,655 50.4%	4,255 46.1%	326	9,236	D+4.3
Lake	3,750 40.8%	5,325 57.9%	127	9,202	R+17.1
Montgomery	4,086 46.7%	4,478 51.2%	188	8,752	R+4.5
Clay	4,019 48.9%	3,813 46.4%	393	8,225	D+2.5
Hamilton	2,915 36.0%	4,754 58.7%	431	8,100	R+22.7
Huntington	3,658 45.6%	4,099 51.1%	271	8,028	R+5.5
Clark	4,097 51.3%	3,816 47.8%	74	7,987	D+3.5
Knox	4,290 53.9%	3,463 43.5%	203	7,956	D+10.4
Kosciusko	3,235 41.5%	4,396 56.3%	173	7,804	R+14.9
Miami	3,816 49.0%	3,738 48.0%	241	7,795	D+1.0
Randolph	2,366 31.0%	5,009 65.7%	253	7,628	R+34.6
Wabash	2,855 38.0%	4,396 58.5%	263	7,514	R+20.5
Howard	2,856 38.1%	4,162 55.6%	473	7,491	R+17.4
Clinton	3,563 47.7%	3,644 48.8%	260	7,467	R+1.1
Floyd	3,714 50.8%	3,529 48.2%	74	7,317	D+2.5
Gibson	3,453 47.3%	3,588 49.1%	262	7,303	R+1.8
Shelby	3,791 52.2%	3,252 44.8%	216	7,259	D+7.4
Boone	3,692 51.4%	3,341 46.5%	153	7,186	D+4.9
Jay	3,391 47.6%	3,487 48.9%	248	7,126	R+1.3
Greene	3,450 48.4%	3,452 48.5%	219	7,121	level
Henry	2,735 38.6%	4,018 56.7%	330	7,083	R+18.1
Daviess	3,374 48.7%	3,257 47.0%	296	6,927	D+1.7
De Kalb	3,430 49.7%	3,127 45.3%	341	6,898	D+4.4
Bartholomew	3,266 49.3%	3,250 49.1%	106	6,622	D+0.2
Jackson	3,747 57.0%	2,739 41.7%	89	6,575	D+15.3
Noble	3,053 46.8%	3,350 51.4%	120	6,523	R+4.6
Sullivan	3,934 60.6%	2,305 35.5%	251	6,490	D+25.1
Marshall	3,410 53.1%	2,891 45.0%	124	6,425	D+8.1
Lawrence	2,502 41.3%	3,470 57.3%	84	6,056	R+16.0
Jefferson	2,561 42.7%	3,335 55.6%	102	5,998	R+12.9
Wells	3,520 58.8%	2,253 37.6%	217	5,990	D+21.2
Fountain	2,864 48.0%	2,984 50.0%	123	5,971	R+2.0
Putnam	3,193 53.6%	2,605 43.7%	162	5,960	D+9.9
Parke	2,583 43.4%	3,062 51.4%	309	5,954	R+8.0
Dearborn	3,315 55.8%	2,509 42.2%	118	5,942	D+13.6
Hendricks	2,354 40.0%	3,377 57.4%	153	5,884	R+17.4
Spencer	2,778 47.9%	2,930 50.5%	97	5,805	R+2.6
Posey	3,097 54.0%	2,512 43.8%	123	5,732	D+10.2
Morgan	2,620 46.5%	2,889 51.3%	126	5,635	R+4.8
Decatur	2,583 46.3%	2,876 51.5%	122	5,581	R+5.2
Johnson	3,045 54.7%	2,341 42.0%	184	5,570	D+12.6
Rush	2,491 44.9%	2,901 52.3%	159	5,551	R+7.4
Ripley	2,708 49.1%	2,720 49.3%	88	5,516	R+0.2
Carroll	2,684 49.6%	2,571 47.5%	158	5,413	D+2.1
Warrick	2,770 51.2%	2,520 46.6%	121	5,411	D+4.6
Harrison	2,787 52.0%	2,472 46.1%	100	5,359	D+5.9
Hancock	2,902 55.0%	2,274 43.1%	99	5,275	D+11.9
Monroe	2,358 45.3%	2,739 52.6%	106	5,203	R+7.3
White	2,474 48.1%	2,526 49.2%	139	5,139	R+1.0
Tipton	2,411 47.7%	2,391 47.3%	254	5,056	D+0.4
Adams	3,226 64.6%	1,670 33.4%	99	4,995	D+31.2
Pike	2,433 49.4%	2,401 48.8%	90	4,924	D+0.6
Washington	2,679 55.0%	2,134 43.8%	55	4,868	D+11.2
Whitley	2,347 49.8%	2,247 47.6%	123	4,717	D+2.1
Fulton	2,314 49.6%	2,266 48.5%	90	4,670	D+1.0
Porter	1,797 39.4%	2,706 59.4%	56	4,559	R+19.9
Dubois	3,112 69.2%	1,345 29.9%	38	4,495	D+39.3
Franklin	2,708 60.6%	1,720 38.5%	38	4,466	D+22.1
Blackford	2,151 48.5%	2,106 47.5%	174	4,431	D+1.0
Perry	2,254 51.7%	2,060 47.2%	47	4,361	D+4.4
Steuben	1,497 34.3%	2,705 62.0%	159	4,361	R+27.7
Vermillion	1,766 41.9%	2,295 54.5%	151	4,212	R+12.6
Orange	1,836 44.4%	2,222 53.8%	73	4,131	R+9.3
Jennings	1,881 46.4%	2,115 52.1%	62	4,058	R+5.8
Fayette	1,600 40.3%	2,306 58.1%	63	3,969	R+17.8
Lagrange	1,408 36.2%	2,319 59.6%	165	3,892	R+23.4
Owen	2,022 53.3%	1,692 44.6%	82	3,796	D+8.7
Jasper	1,552 41.9%	2,055 55.5%	98	3,705	R+13.6
Benton	1,543 42.4%	1,993 54.8%	99	3,635	R+12.4
Pulaski	1,881 53.9%	1,491 42.7%	118	3,490	D+11.2
Martin	1,627 48.3%	1,679 49.9%	62	3,368	R+1.5
Switzerland	1,707 51.0%	1,624 48.5%	19	3,350	D+2.5
Warren	1,099 33.3%	2,125 64.5%	73	3,297	R+31.1
Crawford	1,704 52.0%	1,516 46.3%	55	3,275	D+5.7
Newton	1,115 38.8%	1,649 57.4%	109	2,873	R+18.6
Starke	1,296 48.6%	1,319 49.5%	49	2,664	R+0.9
Brown	1,419 66.0%	690 32.1%	42	2,151	D+33.9
Scott	1,203 57.6%	864 41.3%	23	2,090	D+16.2
Union	882 44.5%	1,049 52.9%	52	1,983	R+8.4
Ohio	622 45.8%	726 53.5%	9	1,357	R+7.7

Counties as they stood in 1900; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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