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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Indiana

Birch Bayh (Democrat) beat Richard Lugar (Republican) in Indiana in 1974, 50.7% to 46.4%, a margin of 4.3 points and 75,152 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1968, when Birch Bayh also won.

Democrats led in 59 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 33. The largest, Marion, cast 259,762 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.5 points. The closest was De Kalb, where 3 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 889,269 50.7%
Richard Lugar Republican 814,117 46.4%
All other candidates 49,592 2.8%
Total1,752,978

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 127,436 49.1% 120,882 46.5% 11,444 259,762 D+2.5
Lake 79,207 60.9% 47,290 36.4% 3,559 130,056 D+24.5
Allen 42,426 44.5% 50,538 53.0% 2,374 95,338 R+8.5
St. Joseph 45,216 56.1% 34,389 42.7% 954 80,559 D+13.4
Vanderburgh 32,941 53.9% 27,802 45.5% 388 61,131 D+8.4
Madison 28,570 53.7% 23,322 43.8% 1,307 53,199 D+9.9
Delaware 21,873 51.9% 19,421 46.1% 869 42,163 D+5.8
Vigo 21,849 55.0% 17,511 44.1% 387 39,747 D+10.9
Tippecanoe 18,316 46.7% 19,981 51.0% 899 39,196 R+4.2
Elkhart 15,011 44.6% 17,861 53.1% 748 33,620 R+8.5
Porter 12,549 42.4% 15,881 53.7% 1,152 29,582 R+11.3
La Porte 14,208 49.2% 13,850 47.9% 848 28,906 D+1.2
Howard 12,024 44.0% 14,307 52.4% 993 27,324 R+8.4
Monroe 14,939 55.4% 11,675 43.3% 369 26,983 D+12.1
Grant 12,552 50.4% 11,772 47.3% 581 24,905 D+3.1
Bartholomew 11,420 50.4% 10,579 46.7% 651 22,650 D+3.7
Wayne 9,491 42.1% 12,684 56.3% 374 22,549 R+14.2
Hamilton 7,518 34.1% 13,269 60.2% 1,254 22,041 R+26.1
Clark 12,763 61.1% 7,783 37.2% 348 20,894 D+23.8
Johnson 8,500 42.8% 9,550 48.1% 1,789 19,839 R+5.3
Hendricks 7,595 39.3% 10,122 52.4% 1,592 19,309 R+13.1
Henry 9,273 50.4% 8,681 47.2% 433 18,387 D+3.2
Floyd 10,319 57.4% 7,368 41.0% 275 17,962 D+16.4
Kosciusko 6,193 36.2% 10,384 60.8% 511 17,088 R+24.5
Knox 8,387 52.0% 7,536 46.7% 198 16,121 D+5.3
Cass 7,074 44.2% 8,122 50.7% 813 16,009 R+6.5
Morgan 5,733 40.5% 6,994 49.5% 1,414 14,141 R+8.9
Lawrence 6,316 45.8% 7,033 51.0% 438 13,787 R+5.2
Shelby 7,114 51.6% 6,005 43.6% 657 13,776 D+8.1
Gibson 8,113 59.5% 5,463 40.0% 70 13,646 D+19.4
Hancock 6,113 46.3% 6,221 47.1% 883 13,217 R+0.8
Huntington 6,108 46.9% 6,469 49.7% 447 13,024 R+2.8
Marshall 5,965 46.1% 6,756 52.2% 217 12,938 R+6.1
Clinton 6,406 50.8% 5,956 47.3% 237 12,599 D+3.6
Jackson 6,955 55.5% 5,228 41.7% 345 12,528 D+13.8
Montgomery 5,841 46.8% 6,188 49.5% 461 12,490 R+2.8
Greene 6,699 54.3% 5,483 44.4% 161 12,343 D+9.9
Dubois 7,776 64.0% 4,054 33.4% 317 12,147 D+30.6
Miami 6,112 50.9% 5,608 46.7% 283 12,003 D+4.2
Boone 5,363 44.9% 5,982 50.1% 590 11,935 R+5.2
Wabash 5,505 46.2% 6,204 52.0% 218 11,927 R+5.9
De Kalb 5,414 48.2% 5,417 48.2% 406 11,237 level
Warrick 6,348 57.0% 4,710 42.3% 81 11,139 D+14.7
Whitley 5,496 50.3% 4,929 45.1% 492 10,917 D+5.2
Noble 5,428 50.1% 4,939 45.6% 467 10,834 D+4.5
Jefferson 5,644 55.5% 4,396 43.2% 134 10,174 D+12.3
Dearborn 5,824 57.8% 4,173 41.4% 86 10,083 D+16.4
Randolph 4,616 46.0% 5,215 51.9% 209 10,040 R+6.0
Daviess 4,220 42.1% 5,635 56.3% 159 10,014 R+14.1
Clay 5,128 51.9% 4,594 46.5% 152 9,874 D+5.4
Harrison 5,496 58.0% 3,878 40.9% 103 9,477 D+17.1
Adams 5,045 54.1% 4,077 43.7% 210 9,332 D+10.4
Perry 5,658 60.6% 3,624 38.8% 50 9,332 D+21.8
Putnam 4,736 51.1% 4,459 48.1% 66 9,261 D+3.0
White 4,452 48.5% 4,423 48.2% 305 9,180 D+0.3
Posey 5,426 59.3% 3,667 40.1% 56 9,149 D+19.2
Fayette 4,785 54.0% 3,909 44.1% 163 8,857 D+9.9
Decatur 4,489 51.9% 4,057 46.9% 108 8,654 D+5.0
Spencer 4,644 54.1% 3,911 45.6% 26 8,581 D+8.5
Wells 4,304 51.3% 3,905 46.5% 182 8,391 D+4.8
Ripley 4,466 53.5% 3,794 45.5% 85 8,345 D+8.1
Fountain 4,299 53.0% 3,709 45.7% 107 8,115 D+7.3
Starke 4,197 52.5% 3,419 42.7% 382 7,998 D+9.7
Jennings 4,352 54.8% 3,434 43.2% 159 7,945 D+11.6
Jay 3,970 50.4% 3,763 47.8% 143 7,876 D+2.6
Orange 3,830 48.7% 3,959 50.3% 81 7,870 R+1.6
Vermillion 4,582 60.2% 2,969 39.0% 66 7,617 D+21.2
Washington 3,993 52.6% 3,436 45.3% 156 7,585 D+7.3
Sullivan 4,486 59.4% 3,021 40.0% 41 7,548 D+19.4
Jasper 2,929 40.2% 3,953 54.2% 410 7,292 R+14.0
Tipton 3,591 49.4% 3,409 46.9% 268 7,268 D+2.5
Carroll 3,534 49.4% 3,366 47.0% 261 7,161 D+2.3
Fulton 2,850 41.3% 4,027 58.3% 30 6,907 R+17.0
Parke 3,302 49.2% 3,320 49.5% 90 6,712 R+0.3
Steuben 2,943 44.5% 3,558 53.8% 115 6,616 R+9.3
Rush 2,987 45.9% 3,332 51.2% 195 6,514 R+5.3
Pike 3,680 56.8% 2,763 42.7% 33 6,476 D+14.2
Pulaski 2,548 43.4% 2,832 48.3% 487 5,867 R+4.8
Franklin 3,018 54.6% 2,406 43.5% 102 5,526 D+11.1
Owen 3,125 57.8% 2,072 38.3% 213 5,410 D+19.5
Lagrange 2,366 45.5% 2,721 52.3% 116 5,203 R+6.8
Martin 2,952 57.1% 2,149 41.6% 71 5,172 D+15.5
Blackford 2,741 56.2% 2,036 41.7% 104 4,881 D+14.4
Benton 2,233 47.6% 2,378 50.7% 77 4,688 R+3.1
Scott 2,903 63.9% 1,558 34.3% 79 4,540 D+29.6
Crawford 2,507 55.5% 1,948 43.1% 62 4,517 D+12.4
Brown 2,153 54.5% 1,640 41.6% 154 3,947 D+13.0
Newton 1,715 43.6% 2,121 54.0% 93 3,929 R+10.3
Warren 1,882 52.0% 1,695 46.8% 43 3,620 D+5.2
Switzerland 1,790 61.9% 1,085 37.5% 17 2,892 D+24.4
Union 1,148 47.2% 1,260 51.9% 22 2,430 R+4.6
Ohio 1,275 58.9% 862 39.8% 27 2,164 D+19.1

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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