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Election 1926 Results

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1926 US Senate election in Indiana

James E. Watson (Republican) beat Albert Stump (Democrat) in Indiana in 1926, 50.0% to 49.0%, a margin of 1.1 points and 11,283 votes.

Arthur R. Robinson (Republican) beat Evans Woollen (Democrat) in Indiana in 1926, 50.6% to 48.4%, a margin of 2.2 points and 22,861 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when James E. Watson also won.

Democrats led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 92,712 votes and went to the Republican by 0.8 points. The closest was Gibson, where 9 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James E. Watson won	Republican	522,737	50.0%
Albert Stump	Democratic	511,454	49.0%
All other candidates		10,526	1.0%
Total		1,044,717

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Arthur R. Robinson won	Republican	519,401	50.6%
Evans Woollen	Democratic	496,540	48.4%
All other candidates		10,069	1.0%
Total		1,026,010

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	45,729 49.3%	46,462 50.1%	521	92,712	R+0.8
Allen	18,512 52.6%	16,483 46.9%	173	35,168	D+5.8
St. Joseph	18,392 57.1%	13,636 42.3%	204	32,232	D+14.8
Vigo	13,824 46.7%	15,359 51.9%	391	29,574	R+5.2
Lake	8,124 28.0%	20,588 71.0%	305	29,017	R+43.0
Madison	11,880 46.6%	13,471 52.9%	133	25,484	R+6.2
Vanderburgh	10,759 43.2%	14,071 56.6%	49	24,879	R+13.3
Delaware	8,082 46.2%	9,305 53.2%	89	17,476	R+7.0
Knox	9,354 55.2%	7,328 43.2%	277	16,959	D+11.9
Grant	7,184 42.5%	9,325 55.1%	400	16,909	R+12.7
La Porte	7,841 46.8%	8,710 52.0%	215	16,766	R+5.2
Cass	7,663 46.9%	8,489 51.9%	193	16,345	R+5.1
Tippecanoe	6,778 43.6%	8,707 56.0%	56	15,541	R+12.4
Elkhart	6,345 41.5%	8,634 56.5%	305	15,284	R+15.0
Gibson	6,892 49.2%	6,883 49.2%	222	13,997	D+0.1
Wayne	6,836 49.0%	6,936 49.7%	174	13,946	R+0.7
Greene	6,795 49.2%	6,717 48.6%	306	13,818	D+0.6
Miami	6,854 50.9%	6,490 48.2%	116	13,460	D+2.7
Clinton	6,849 53.2%	5,962 46.3%	61	12,872	D+6.9
Montgomery	6,631 51.5%	6,182 48.1%	52	12,865	D+3.5
Henry	5,390 42.7%	6,935 55.0%	294	12,619	R+12.2
Howard	6,075 49.2%	6,018 48.7%	254	12,347	D+0.5
Huntington	6,342 51.6%	5,732 46.6%	215	12,289	D+5.0
Floyd	6,125 50.0%	5,975 48.8%	147	12,247	D+1.2
Shelby	6,773 56.0%	5,218 43.1%	102	12,093	D+12.9
Clay	6,073 50.2%	5,796 47.9%	220	12,089	D+2.3
Daviess	5,559 46.9%	6,165 52.0%	128	11,852	R+5.1
Clark	6,389 55.0%	5,147 44.3%	84	11,620	D+10.7
Bartholomew	5,382 48.7%	5,564 50.4%	97	11,043	R+1.6
Boone	6,114 55.4%	4,876 44.2%	44	11,034	D+11.2
Kosciusko	5,208 47.3%	5,686 51.6%	123	11,017	R+4.3
Sullivan	6,025 56.7%	4,252 40.0%	355	10,632	D+16.7
Wabash	4,692 44.3%	5,762 54.5%	126	10,580	R+10.1
Lawrence	4,547 44.1%	5,704 55.3%	62	10,313	R+11.2
Monroe	5,334 52.0%	4,854 47.3%	75	10,263	D+4.7
Jay	4,894 48.3%	5,091 50.3%	141	10,126	R+1.9
Hamilton	4,222 41.9%	5,791 57.4%	73	10,086	R+15.6
Randolph	3,748 38.7%	5,786 59.8%	144	9,678	R+21.1
Putnam	5,234 55.0%	4,197 44.1%	86	9,517	D+10.9
Marshall	4,881 51.4%	4,477 47.1%	143	9,501	D+4.3
Jackson	5,662 60.0%	3,707 39.3%	75	9,444	D+20.7
Morgan	4,495 48.1%	4,779 51.2%	66	9,340	R+3.0
Ripley	4,688 50.2%	4,589 49.2%	53	9,330	D+1.1
Dearborn	5,057 54.4%	4,154 44.7%	86	9,297	D+9.7
Fountain	4,759 51.3%	4,352 46.9%	172	9,283	D+4.4
De Kalb	4,548 49.1%	4,602 49.7%	114	9,264	R+0.6
Noble	4,715 51.1%	4,459 48.3%	59	9,233	D+2.8
Jefferson	4,261 46.6%	4,810 52.6%	81	9,152	R+6.0
Hendricks	4,164 45.8%	4,896 53.8%	35	9,095	R+8.0
Decatur	4,458 49.5%	4,502 50.0%	48	9,008	R+0.5
Rush	3,776 42.7%	5,006 56.6%	56	8,838	R+13.9
Johnson	5,087 57.6%	3,709 42.0%	41	8,837	D+15.6
Spencer	4,453 50.6%	4,318 49.1%	25	8,796	D+1.5
Harrison	4,273 50.7%	4,076 48.4%	74	8,423	D+2.3
Carroll	4,280 52.1%	3,886 47.3%	53	8,219	D+4.8
Posey	4,410 53.7%	3,741 45.6%	57	8,208	D+8.2
Parke	3,788 46.6%	4,234 52.1%	102	8,124	R+5.5
Dubois	5,418 67.4%	2,582 32.1%	35	8,035	D+35.3
Hancock	4,604 57.5%	3,330 41.6%	75	8,009	D+15.9
Tipton	4,281 53.6%	3,667 45.9%	33	7,981	D+7.7
Warrick	3,913 49.1%	3,898 48.9%	160	7,971	D+0.2
Whitley	4,247 53.4%	3,655 45.9%	57	7,959	D+7.4
Fulton	3,716 48.6%	3,886 50.8%	50	7,652	R+2.2
Pike	3,878 50.9%	3,636 47.7%	111	7,625	D+3.2
Vermillion	3,326 43.7%	4,064 53.4%	218	7,608	R+9.7
White	3,677 49.2%	3,737 50.0%	67	7,481	R+0.8
Orange	3,484 46.7%	3,952 53.0%	26	7,462	R+6.3
Perry	3,956 53.3%	3,448 46.5%	15	7,419	D+6.8
Washington	3,991 54.3%	3,327 45.3%	29	7,347	D+9.0
Wells	4,300 58.8%	2,909 39.8%	104	7,313	D+19.0
Adams	4,435 61.7%	2,697 37.5%	51	7,183	D+24.2
Porter	2,148 31.0%	4,676 67.5%	105	6,929	R+36.5
Fayette	3,267 48.1%	3,471 51.1%	59	6,797	R+3.0
Jennings	3,296 50.2%	3,203 48.8%	70	6,569	D+1.4
Franklin	4,072 62.4%	2,425 37.2%	29	6,526	D+25.2
Owen	2,935 52.1%	2,612 46.4%	87	5,634	D+5.7
Blackford	2,761 49.8%	2,653 47.9%	125	5,539	D+1.9
Benton	2,794 50.5%	2,704 48.9%	37	5,535	D+1.6
Jasper	2,137 39.2%	3,256 59.7%	57	5,450	R+20.5
Steuben	1,658 32.5%	3,388 66.5%	52	5,098	R+33.9
Pulaski	2,380 48.4%	2,419 49.1%	123	4,922	R+0.8
Martin	2,580 52.7%	2,266 46.2%	54	4,900	D+6.4
Switzerland	2,519 53.0%	2,179 45.8%	55	4,753	D+7.2
Crawford	2,357 52.0%	2,100 46.3%	74	4,531	D+5.7
Starke	2,166 47.9%	2,296 50.8%	59	4,521	R+2.9
Lagrange	1,669 40.2%	2,445 58.9%	35	4,149	R+18.7
Newton	1,609 41.1%	2,287 58.4%	18	3,914	R+17.3
Warren	1,227 35.1%	2,238 64.0%	31	3,496	R+28.9
Scott	1,890 56.5%	1,441 43.0%	17	3,348	D+13.4
Union	1,359 46.1%	1,576 53.5%	13	2,948	R+7.4
Ohio	1,122 52.5%	998 46.7%	19	2,139	D+5.8
Brown	1,077 58.8%	732 39.9%	24	1,833	D+18.8

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Jim Banks (R)	R+19.9
2022	Todd Young (R)	R+20.7
2018	Mike Braun (R)	R+5.9
2016	Todd Young (R)	R+9.7
2012	Joe Donnelly (D)	D+5.8
2010	Dan Coats (R)	R+14.6
2006	Richard Lugar (R)	R+87.4
2004	Evan Bayh (D)	D+24.4
2000	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+34.7
1998	Evan Bayh (D)	D+28.9
1994	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+36.9
1992	Dan Coats (R)	R+16.6
1988	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+36.3
1986	Dan Quayle (R)	R+22.1
1982	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+8.2
1980	Dan Quayle (R)	R+7.6
1976	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+18.8
1974	Birch Bayh (D)	D+4.3
1970	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+0.2
1968	Birch Bayh (D)	D+3.5
1964	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+9.0
1962	Birch Bayh (D)	D+0.6
1958	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+14.0
1956	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+10.8
1952	William E. Jenner (R)	R+5.6
1950	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+6.5
1946	William E. Jenner (R)	R+11.5
1944	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+1.3
1940	Raymond E. Willis (R)	R+1.3
1938	Frederick Van Nuys (D)	D+0.3
1934	Sherman Minton (D)	D+4.0
1932	Frederick Van Nuys (D)	D+13.6
1928	Arthur R. Robinson (R)	R+11.2
1926	James E. Watson (R)	R+1.1
1922	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+3.1
1920	James E. Watson (R)	R+13.4
1916	Harry S. New (R)	R+1.6
1914	Benjamin F. Shively (D)	D+7.0