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Election 1964 Results

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1964 US Senate election in Indiana

R. Vance Hartke (Democrat) beat D. Russell Bontrager (Republican) in Indiana in 1964, 54.3% to 45.3%, a margin of 9.0 points and 186,986 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when R. Vance Hartke also won.

Democrats led in 65 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Marion, cast 296,458 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.6 points. The closest was Allen, where 34 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. Vance Hartke won Democratic 1,128,505 54.3%
D. Russell Bontrager Republican 941,519 45.3%
All other candidates 6,939 0.3%
Total2,076,963

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 150,224 50.7% 145,434 49.1% 800 296,458 D+1.6
Lake 136,343 65.2% 71,880 34.4% 950 209,173 D+30.8
St. Joseph 62,782 59.6% 42,133 40.0% 476 105,391 D+19.6
Allen 49,711 49.8% 49,745 49.9% 298 99,754 level
Vanderburgh 41,663 57.3% 30,748 42.3% 266 72,677 D+15.0
Madison 32,879 57.0% 24,583 42.7% 170 57,632 D+14.4
Delaware 28,099 57.7% 20,410 41.9% 150 48,659 D+15.8
Vigo 26,083 55.8% 20,511 43.9% 124 46,718 D+11.9
Elkhart 20,767 50.0% 20,484 49.4% 242 41,493 D+0.7
Tippecanoe 18,892 48.1% 20,324 51.8% 43 39,259 R+3.6
La Porte 21,242 57.0% 15,763 42.3% 238 37,243 D+14.7
Grant 17,079 52.6% 15,220 46.9% 167 32,466 D+5.7
Howard 16,849 55.0% 13,625 44.5% 155 30,629 D+10.5
Wayne 15,571 51.4% 14,648 48.4% 66 30,285 D+3.0
Porter 12,785 46.8% 14,443 52.8% 119 27,347 R+6.1
Clark 16,569 67.7% 7,817 31.9% 93 24,479 D+35.8
Bartholomew 12,688 52.8% 11,242 46.8% 85 24,015 D+6.0
Floyd 14,978 64.5% 8,166 35.2% 82 23,226 D+29.3
Henry 12,148 53.7% 10,357 45.8% 118 22,623 D+7.9
Monroe 11,341 51.0% 10,812 48.6% 95 22,248 D+2.4
Johnson 9,935 48.7% 10,407 51.0% 56 20,398 R+2.3
Hendricks 8,716 42.8% 11,624 57.0% 43 20,383 R+14.3
Knox 11,794 58.2% 8,362 41.3% 101 20,257 D+16.9
Hamilton 7,208 37.0% 12,271 62.9% 28 19,507 R+26.0
Kosciusko 8,230 42.7% 10,938 56.8% 103 19,271 R+14.1
Cass 10,697 56.9% 8,045 42.8% 60 18,802 D+14.1
Huntington 8,635 51.7% 8,036 48.1% 45 16,716 D+3.6
Lawrence 8,468 50.8% 8,147 48.9% 62 16,677 D+1.9
Marshall 7,975 48.8% 8,314 50.9% 58 16,347 R+2.1
Gibson 9,371 57.3% 6,928 42.4% 43 16,342 D+14.9
Shelby 9,052 55.7% 7,164 44.1% 44 16,260 D+11.6
Montgomery 7,562 47.5% 8,298 52.2% 47 15,907 R+4.6
Clinton 7,994 51.4% 7,522 48.4% 36 15,552 D+3.0
Morgan 6,978 45.7% 8,242 54.0% 43 15,263 R+8.3
Jackson 8,285 56.5% 6,290 42.9% 80 14,655 D+13.6
Greene 8,075 55.5% 6,458 44.4% 25 14,558 D+11.1
Wabash 7,062 49.0% 7,247 50.3% 96 14,405 R+1.3
Boone 6,444 45.8% 7,603 54.0% 22 14,069 R+8.2
Miami 7,351 53.1% 6,411 46.3% 90 13,852 D+6.8
De Kalb 6,937 50.1% 6,842 49.4% 65 13,844 D+0.7
Dubois 8,561 62.0% 5,231 37.9% 10 13,802 D+24.1
Randolph 6,469 48.7% 6,737 50.7% 78 13,284 R+2.0
Noble 6,833 52.0% 6,286 47.8% 21 13,140 D+4.2
Dearborn 7,810 59.9% 5,211 40.0% 14 13,035 D+19.9
Hancock 6,566 50.7% 6,344 49.0% 37 12,947 D+1.7
Daviess 5,962 46.5% 6,846 53.4% 22 12,830 R+6.9
Clay 6,281 52.9% 5,550 46.7% 45 11,876 D+6.2
Warrick 6,554 56.6% 5,013 43.3% 13 11,580 D+13.3
Putnam 6,078 52.8% 5,419 47.1% 12 11,509 D+5.7
Jefferson 6,468 56.9% 4,838 42.6% 54 11,360 D+14.3
Fayette 6,691 58.9% 4,639 40.8% 28 11,358 D+18.1
Jay 6,227 55.7% 4,914 43.9% 45 11,186 D+11.7
Sullivan 6,646 59.7% 4,470 40.2% 9 11,125 D+19.6
Adams 6,223 57.3% 4,582 42.2% 46 10,851 D+15.1
Whitley 5,415 51.0% 5,190 48.8% 21 10,626 D+2.1
Ripley 5,871 56.4% 4,519 43.4% 18 10,408 D+13.0
White 5,035 48.5% 5,334 51.4% 13 10,382 R+2.9
Decatur 5,351 52.2% 4,861 47.4% 34 10,246 D+4.8
Fountain 5,269 51.7% 4,899 48.1% 16 10,184 D+3.6
Wells 5,551 55.8% 4,350 43.8% 41 9,942 D+12.1
Posey 5,298 54.6% 4,388 45.3% 9 9,695 D+9.4
Harrison 5,602 58.9% 3,876 40.8% 29 9,507 D+18.2
Vermillion 5,470 58.8% 3,815 41.0% 10 9,295 D+17.8
Perry 5,558 59.9% 3,717 40.0% 9 9,284 D+19.8
Rush 4,330 48.1% 4,614 51.3% 50 8,994 R+3.2
Spencer 4,613 51.9% 4,255 47.9% 18 8,886 D+4.0
Fulton 3,966 45.2% 4,789 54.6% 20 8,775 R+9.4
Orange 4,273 49.0% 4,437 50.9% 10 8,720 R+1.9
Carroll 4,441 51.3% 4,199 48.5% 16 8,656 D+2.8
Washington 4,701 55.6% 3,753 44.4% 8 8,462 D+11.2
Jasper 3,781 45.0% 4,603 54.8% 13 8,397 R+9.8
Tipton 4,238 51.3% 3,994 48.4% 23 8,255 D+3.0
Starke 4,680 57.4% 3,457 42.4% 14 8,151 D+15.0
Steuben 3,627 46.0% 4,250 53.9% 12 7,889 R+7.9
Jennings 4,212 54.7% 3,473 45.1% 14 7,699 D+9.6
Parke 3,761 49.6% 3,812 50.3% 5 7,578 R+0.7
Pike 4,206 57.8% 3,056 42.0% 19 7,281 D+15.8
Franklin 4,104 59.8% 2,752 40.1% 5 6,861 D+19.7
Blackford 3,971 59.0% 2,714 40.3% 43 6,728 D+18.7
Pulaski 3,172 49.4% 3,225 50.3% 18 6,415 R+0.8
Owen 3,171 52.2% 2,882 47.5% 16 6,069 D+4.8
Scott 3,909 64.4% 2,149 35.4% 11 6,069 D+29.0
Benton 2,770 48.0% 2,987 51.8% 9 5,766 R+3.8
Lagrange 2,469 44.2% 3,104 55.5% 16 5,589 R+11.4
Newton 2,452 45.9% 2,874 53.8% 13 5,339 R+7.9
Martin 2,993 59.2% 2,063 40.8% 4 5,060 D+18.4
Warren 2,100 48.2% 2,251 51.7% 6 4,357 R+3.5
Crawford 2,217 51.1% 2,108 48.5% 17 4,342 D+2.5
Switzerland 2,184 61.1% 1,379 38.6% 10 3,573 D+22.5
Brown 2,084 59.4% 1,409 40.2% 16 3,509 D+19.2
Union 1,461 49.2% 1,503 50.6% 7 2,971 R+1.4
Ohio 1,368 60.0% 904 39.6% 8 2,280 D+20.4

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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