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Election 1968 Results

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1968 US Senate election in Indiana

Birch Bayh (Democrat) beat William Ruckelshaus (Republican) in Indiana in 1968, 51.7% to 48.1%, a margin of 3.5 points and 71,885 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1962, when Birch Bayh also won.

Democrats led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 299,138 votes and went to the Republican by 3.5 points. The closest was Parke, where 7 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
Birch Bayh won Democratic 1,060,456 51.7%
William Ruckelshaus Republican 988,571 48.1%
All other candidates 4,091 0.2%
Total2,053,118

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 144,116 48.2% 154,490 51.6% 532 299,138 R+3.5
Lake 115,216 58.3% 81,861 41.4% 556 197,633 D+16.9
Allen 52,543 49.5% 53,587 50.4% 124 106,254 R+1.0
St. Joseph 59,114 57.4% 43,798 42.5% 161 103,073 D+14.9
Vanderburgh 41,451 55.4% 33,291 44.5% 116 74,858 D+10.9
Madison 30,779 53.2% 26,964 46.6% 75 57,818 D+6.6
Delaware 25,314 54.0% 21,532 45.9% 74 46,920 D+8.1
Vigo 26,507 57.8% 19,310 42.1% 77 45,894 D+15.7
Elkhart 19,413 47.0% 21,753 52.7% 96 41,262 R+5.7
Tippecanoe 19,800 49.3% 20,341 50.6% 44 40,185 R+1.3
La Porte 20,044 51.4% 18,921 48.5% 69 39,034 D+2.9
Wayne 15,687 49.6% 15,782 49.9% 129 31,598 R+0.3
Porter 13,402 43.6% 17,226 56.0% 109 30,737 R+12.4
Howard 15,987 52.7% 14,281 47.1% 60 30,328 D+5.6
Grant 14,633 48.7% 15,334 51.0% 77 30,044 R+2.3
Monroe 14,607 55.1% 11,779 44.5% 111 26,497 D+10.7
Clark 15,853 63.0% 9,266 36.8% 37 25,156 D+26.2
Bartholomew 11,601 48.8% 12,129 51.0% 47 23,777 R+2.2
Floyd 13,418 60.0% 8,924 39.9% 37 22,379 D+20.1
Henry 10,571 49.2% 10,862 50.6% 54 21,487 R+1.4
Hamilton 7,158 35.0% 13,256 64.8% 42 20,456 R+29.8
Johnson 8,896 43.9% 11,320 55.9% 40 20,256 R+12.0
Hendricks 8,087 40.3% 11,949 59.6% 29 20,065 R+19.2
Kosciusko 8,268 41.6% 11,580 58.2% 50 19,898 R+16.6
Knox 10,792 57.9% 7,798 41.9% 36 18,626 D+16.1
Cass 9,515 53.2% 8,330 46.6% 33 17,878 D+6.6
Huntington 8,519 51.5% 7,983 48.3% 31 16,533 D+3.2
Marshall 7,798 48.2% 8,368 51.7% 21 16,187 R+3.5
Shelby 8,460 52.4% 7,643 47.3% 40 16,143 D+5.1
Gibson 8,833 56.0% 6,904 43.8% 24 15,761 D+12.2
Morgan 6,739 43.0% 8,892 56.7% 38 15,669 R+13.7
Lawrence 7,372 47.2% 8,213 52.6% 21 15,606 R+5.4
Montgomery 6,717 45.3% 8,079 54.5% 27 14,823 R+9.2
Clinton 6,879 47.8% 7,493 52.0% 25 14,397 R+4.3
Jackson 7,298 51.5% 6,823 48.2% 38 14,159 D+3.4
Wabash 6,239 45.3% 7,495 54.4% 33 13,767 R+9.1
Dubois 8,846 65.6% 4,624 34.3% 14 13,484 D+31.3
Miami 6,622 49.7% 6,690 50.2% 23 13,335 R+0.5
De Kalb 6,392 48.5% 6,758 51.3% 35 13,185 R+2.8
Greene 7,130 54.4% 5,951 45.4% 18 13,099 D+9.0
Boone 5,733 43.9% 7,306 55.9% 21 13,060 R+12.0
Noble 6,921 53.9% 5,903 46.0% 19 12,843 D+7.9
Hancock 5,902 46.1% 6,876 53.7% 36 12,814 R+7.6
Randolph 5,922 47.5% 6,496 52.1% 47 12,465 R+4.6
Dearborn 6,779 55.1% 5,502 44.7% 16 12,297 D+10.4
Daviess 5,450 45.2% 6,593 54.7% 13 12,056 R+9.5
Warrick 6,393 55.5% 5,106 44.3% 23 11,522 D+11.2
Fayette 6,099 53.7% 5,233 46.1% 24 11,356 D+7.6
Putnam 5,650 50.0% 5,625 49.8% 22 11,297 D+0.2
Clay 5,814 52.0% 5,329 47.7% 35 11,178 D+4.3
Jefferson 5,898 53.0% 5,207 46.8% 30 11,135 D+6.2
Adams 6,563 59.1% 4,496 40.5% 48 11,107 D+18.6
Jay 5,762 53.9% 4,902 45.9% 25 10,689 D+8.0
Whitley 5,487 51.5% 5,141 48.3% 19 10,647 D+3.2
Ripley 5,383 52.4% 4,876 47.4% 18 10,277 D+4.9
White 5,048 49.4% 5,175 50.6% 10,223 R+1.2
Wells 5,442 54.0% 4,608 45.7% 28 10,078 D+8.3
Posey 5,534 55.7% 4,383 44.1% 14 9,931 D+11.6
Decatur 4,705 49.0% 4,886 50.8% 18 9,609 R+1.9
Sullivan 5,995 62.5% 3,563 37.2% 31 9,589 D+25.4
Harrison 5,684 59.3% 3,860 40.3% 38 9,582 D+19.0
Fountain 4,857 51.1% 4,644 48.8% 8 9,509 D+2.2
Perry 5,219 57.6% 3,827 42.3% 8 9,054 D+15.4
Spencer 4,378 49.8% 4,403 50.1% 4 8,785 R+0.3
Fulton 3,829 44.3% 4,805 55.6% 10 8,644 R+11.3
Carroll 4,322 50.8% 4,178 49.1% 10 8,510 D+1.7
Vermillion 5,221 61.5% 3,255 38.3% 20 8,496 D+23.1
Orange 3,981 47.1% 4,459 52.8% 10 8,450 R+5.7
Rush 3,567 43.5% 4,618 56.4% 8 8,193 R+12.8
Jennings 4,058 49.7% 4,098 50.2% 13 8,169 R+0.5
Starke 4,238 53.2% 3,698 46.4% 29 7,965 D+6.8
Jasper 3,072 39.2% 4,729 60.4% 31 7,832 R+21.2
Washington 3,931 51.8% 3,647 48.0% 15 7,593 D+3.7
Tipton 3,593 47.8% 3,921 52.1% 9 7,523 R+4.4
Steuben 3,047 41.1% 4,335 58.5% 24 7,406 R+17.4
Parke 3,543 49.9% 3,550 50.0% 9 7,102 R+0.1
Pike 3,771 56.0% 2,946 43.7% 20 6,737 D+12.2
Franklin 3,428 53.0% 3,024 46.8% 11 6,463 D+6.3
Blackford 3,684 58.1% 2,651 41.8% 5 6,340 D+16.3
Scott 3,668 61.5% 2,273 38.1% 22 5,963 D+23.4
Pulaski 2,825 48.4% 3,005 51.4% 12 5,842 R+3.1
Benton 2,641 47.7% 2,893 52.2% 5 5,539 R+4.5
Owen 2,895 52.3% 2,637 47.7% 5,532 D+4.7
Martin 3,015 55.7% 2,387 44.1% 7 5,409 D+11.6
Lagrange 2,401 45.3% 2,890 54.5% 12 5,303 R+9.2
Newton 1,908 39.0% 2,974 60.8% 8 4,890 R+21.8
Warren 2,095 49.0% 2,174 50.8% 10 4,279 R+1.8
Crawford 2,109 50.4% 2,061 49.2% 16 4,186 D+1.1
Brown 1,928 51.3% 1,820 48.4% 9 3,757 D+2.9
Switzerland 1,855 55.6% 1,474 44.2% 9 3,338 D+11.4
Union 1,370 46.8% 1,554 53.0% 6 2,930 R+6.3
Ohio 1,227 55.1% 995 44.7% 3 2,225 D+10.4

Counties as they stood in 1968; 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