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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Indiana

Richard G. Lugar (Republican) beat Floyd J. Fithian (Democrat) in Indiana in 1982, 53.8% to 45.6%, a margin of 8.2 points and 149,901 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1976, when Richard G. Lugar also won.

Republicans led in 73 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 19. The largest, Marion, cast 266,691 votes and went to the Republican by 8.7 points. The closest was Jefferson, 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
Richard G. Lugar won Republican 978,301 53.8%
Floyd J. Fithian Democratic 828,400 45.6%
All other candidates 10,586 0.6%
Total1,817,287

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 121,364 45.5% 144,538 54.2% 789 266,691 R+8.7
Lake 97,908 64.7% 52,523 34.7% 847 151,278 D+30.0
Allen 32,208 38.2% 51,365 60.9% 774 84,347 R+22.7
St. Joseph 39,575 49.8% 39,554 49.8% 334 79,463 level
Vanderburgh 27,448 48.3% 28,991 51.0% 356 56,795 R+2.7
Madison 24,649 46.4% 28,063 52.8% 414 53,126 R+6.4
Delaware 19,812 44.0% 24,842 55.2% 340 44,994 R+11.2
Vigo 19,671 48.4% 20,507 50.5% 424 40,602 R+2.1
Tippecanoe 16,775 45.3% 20,084 54.2% 166 37,025 R+8.9
Porter 17,894 49.3% 18,188 50.1% 219 36,301 R+0.8
Elkhart 11,644 33.8% 22,665 65.8% 151 34,460 R+32.0
La Porte 14,977 46.5% 16,951 52.6% 304 32,232 R+6.1
Howard 12,504 43.1% 16,331 56.3% 174 29,009 R+13.2
Monroe 11,238 42.7% 14,939 56.7% 161 26,338 R+14.1
Hamilton 5,128 20.0% 20,449 79.7% 66 25,643 R+59.7
Grant 10,041 40.6% 14,600 59.0% 106 24,747 R+18.4
Johnson 8,099 32.8% 16,376 66.3% 211 24,686 R+33.5
Clark 13,113 54.5% 10,834 45.0% 127 24,074 D+9.5
Bartholomew 9,628 40.2% 14,201 59.3% 120 23,949 R+19.1
Wayne 9,036 41.1% 12,861 58.4% 115 22,012 R+17.4
Hendricks 6,487 30.7% 14,589 68.9% 87 21,163 R+38.3
Floyd 9,874 51.1% 9,362 48.4% 89 19,325 D+2.6
Kosciusko 6,012 35.0% 11,069 64.5% 86 17,167 R+29.5
Henry 7,716 45.0% 9,339 54.5% 86 17,141 R+9.5
Cass 6,461 41.8% 8,919 57.7% 87 15,467 R+15.9
Knox 7,149 46.7% 8,086 52.8% 73 15,308 R+6.1
Morgan 5,215 34.5% 9,811 65.0% 76 15,102 R+30.4
Hancock 4,990 33.1% 9,962 66.1% 109 15,061 R+33.0
Shelby 6,195 41.7% 8,598 57.9% 63 14,856 R+16.2
Gibson 7,709 53.5% 6,655 46.2% 44 14,408 D+7.3
Huntington 5,499 39.9% 8,187 59.4% 97 13,783 R+19.5
Lawrence 5,929 43.0% 7,780 56.5% 65 13,774 R+13.4
Jackson 6,535 47.5% 7,139 51.9% 82 13,756 R+4.4
Marshall 6,280 46.3% 7,183 53.0% 87 13,550 R+6.7
Warrick 6,512 48.5% 6,839 50.9% 79 13,430 R+2.4
Greene 6,439 50.7% 6,137 48.3% 121 12,697 D+2.4
Dubois 6,056 49.5% 6,066 49.6% 108 12,230 R+0.1
Boone 3,810 31.3% 8,325 68.4% 31 12,166 R+37.1
Miami 4,863 40.2% 7,149 59.2% 73 12,085 R+18.9
Wabash 4,865 40.9% 6,957 58.5% 65 11,887 R+17.6
Montgomery 3,561 30.1% 8,205 69.3% 78 11,844 R+39.2
Clinton 4,889 41.5% 6,858 58.2% 33 11,780 R+16.7
Jefferson 5,818 49.6% 5,825 49.7% 79 11,722 R+0.1
De Kalb 4,556 39.0% 6,987 59.9% 126 11,669 R+20.8
Noble 4,700 42.2% 6,360 57.1% 84 11,144 R+14.9
Randolph 4,345 40.3% 6,360 59.0% 83 10,788 R+18.7
Dearborn 4,881 45.4% 5,782 53.8% 77 10,740 R+8.4
Adams 4,906 46.5% 5,518 52.3% 134 10,558 R+5.8
Whitley 3,928 38.2% 6,240 60.7% 106 10,274 R+22.5
Daviess 4,382 42.9% 5,798 56.8% 34 10,214 R+13.9
Fayette 5,149 51.1% 4,871 48.3% 57 10,077 D+2.8
Harrison 5,135 51.0% 4,848 48.1% 93 10,076 D+2.8
Posey 4,485 45.2% 5,366 54.0% 77 9,928 R+8.9
Putnam 3,746 38.3% 5,972 61.0% 68 9,786 R+22.7
White 4,160 43.2% 5,385 55.9% 93 9,638 R+12.7
Clay 4,206 43.8% 5,322 55.4% 71 9,599 R+11.6
Wells 3,585 38.0% 5,733 60.8% 106 9,424 R+22.8
Decatur 3,801 41.7% 5,284 58.0% 30 9,115 R+16.3
Starke 5,465 61.3% 3,294 36.9% 159 8,918 D+24.3
Jennings 4,464 50.2% 4,374 49.2% 50 8,888 D+1.0
Perry 5,182 58.6% 3,633 41.1% 32 8,847 D+17.5
Jay 3,341 39.8% 4,982 59.4% 71 8,394 R+19.5
Spencer 4,037 48.1% 4,339 51.7% 18 8,394 R+3.6
Ripley 3,575 43.0% 4,718 56.7% 24 8,317 R+13.7
Washington 3,704 45.3% 4,414 54.0% 62 8,180 R+8.7
Fulton 3,190 39.8% 4,778 59.6% 52 8,020 R+19.8
Fountain 3,245 41.2% 4,587 58.2% 47 7,879 R+17.0
Sullivan 4,230 55.5% 3,372 44.2% 26 7,628 D+11.2
Tipton 3,093 40.6% 4,489 58.9% 42 7,624 R+18.3
Carroll 3,147 42.8% 4,189 56.9% 25 7,361 R+14.2
Orange 3,131 42.7% 4,147 56.6% 46 7,324 R+13.9
Vermillion 3,877 53.1% 3,340 45.7% 84 7,301 D+7.4
Jasper 3,219 44.2% 3,994 54.8% 71 7,284 R+10.6
Steuben 2,408 33.9% 4,659 65.6% 33 7,100 R+31.7
Parke 2,563 37.6% 4,179 61.4% 68 6,810 R+23.7
Scott 3,685 57.1% 2,738 42.5% 25 6,448 D+14.7
Rush 2,355 37.1% 3,960 62.4% 35 6,350 R+25.3
Pike 3,541 55.9% 2,752 43.5% 38 6,331 D+12.5
Franklin 3,041 49.1% 3,133 50.6% 15 6,189 R+1.5
Owen 2,648 45.5% 3,138 54.0% 30 5,816 R+8.4
Pulaski 2,782 48.1% 2,946 51.0% 52 5,780 R+2.8
Lagrange 1,940 34.8% 3,609 64.7% 33 5,582 R+29.9
Blackford 2,554 46.9% 2,847 52.3% 42 5,443 R+5.4
Martin 2,660 51.8% 2,465 48.0% 12 5,137 D+3.8
Newton 2,192 45.5% 2,602 54.0% 24 4,818 R+8.5
Crawford 2,571 54.6% 2,125 45.2% 9 4,705 D+9.5
Brown 2,118 45.4% 2,534 54.3% 16 4,668 R+8.9
Benton 1,697 43.5% 2,171 55.7% 32 3,900 R+12.2
Warren 1,498 40.6% 2,159 58.5% 34 3,691 R+17.9
Switzerland 1,607 58.0% 1,158 41.8% 6 2,771 D+16.2
Ohio 1,284 50.6% 1,230 48.5% 23 2,537 D+2.1
Union 815 34.7% 1,518 64.7% 15 2,348 R+29.9

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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