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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in Indiana

Dan Quayle (Republican) beat Jill Lynette Long (Democrat) in Indiana in 1986, 60.6% to 38.5%, a margin of 22.1 points and 340,951 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1980, when Dan Quayle also won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Marion, cast 199,484 votes and went to the Republican by 20.6 points. The closest was Switzerland, where 113 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
Dan Quayle won Republican 936,143 60.6%
Jill Lynette Long Democratic 595,192 38.5%
All other candidates 14,228 0.9%
Total1,545,563

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 77,920 39.1% 118,935 59.6% 2,629 199,484 R+20.6
Lake 62,417 57.1% 45,907 42.0% 1,025 109,349 D+15.1
Allen 23,096 33.2% 45,914 65.9% 622 69,632 R+32.8
St. Joseph 31,940 47.0% 35,572 52.3% 458 67,970 R+5.3
Vanderburgh 22,032 37.9% 35,648 61.4% 385 58,065 R+23.4
Madison 17,808 41.4% 24,876 57.8% 327 43,011 R+16.4
Delaware 15,574 41.6% 21,527 57.4% 374 37,475 R+15.9
Vigo 13,642 40.3% 19,802 58.5% 386 33,830 R+18.2
Porter 13,850 43.0% 18,073 56.1% 312 32,235 R+13.1
Elkhart 8,686 28.2% 21,942 71.2% 192 30,820 R+43.0
La Porte 11,020 38.9% 17,029 60.0% 315 28,364 R+21.2
Tippecanoe 8,864 31.7% 18,735 67.0% 382 27,981 R+35.3
Monroe 9,923 37.4% 16,255 61.3% 343 26,521 R+23.9
Howard 9,522 37.4% 15,751 61.9% 166 25,439 R+24.5
Hamilton 4,560 20.2% 17,810 79.0% 183 22,553 R+58.8
Johnson 6,088 27.2% 16,154 72.1% 165 22,407 R+44.9
Bartholomew 7,941 36.4% 13,709 62.9% 138 21,788 R+26.5
Grant 7,795 36.1% 13,677 63.3% 123 21,595 R+27.2
Clark 9,245 44.4% 11,318 54.4% 248 20,811 R+10.0
Wayne 6,526 32.4% 13,441 66.7% 179 20,146 R+34.3
Floyd 8,098 41.2% 11,362 57.8% 189 19,649 R+16.6
Hendricks 4,553 28.1% 11,527 71.1% 140 16,220 R+43.0
Henry 6,170 39.7% 9,289 59.7% 92 15,551 R+20.1
Kosciusko 3,430 23.6% 10,979 75.5% 127 14,536 R+51.9
Knox 5,321 36.7% 8,934 61.7% 226 14,481 R+24.9
Lawrence 4,930 34.3% 9,351 65.0% 100 14,381 R+30.7
Warrick 5,926 41.3% 8,329 58.1% 87 14,342 R+16.8
Cass 4,794 34.8% 8,887 64.5% 93 13,774 R+29.7
Gibson 6,030 44.5% 7,455 55.0% 71 13,556 R+10.5
Dubois 5,655 42.7% 7,431 56.0% 173 13,259 R+13.4
Morgan 3,978 30.6% 8,919 68.5% 117 13,014 R+38.0
Marshall 4,247 34.3% 8,033 64.9% 93 12,373 R+30.6
Hancock 3,523 28.8% 8,603 70.4% 96 12,222 R+41.6
Greene 4,927 41.4% 6,839 57.4% 143 11,909 R+16.1
Jackson 4,857 40.9% 6,891 58.1% 122 11,870 R+17.1
Shelby 4,082 35.0% 7,509 64.4% 70 11,661 R+29.4
Huntington 3,870 33.5% 7,632 66.2% 35 11,537 R+32.6
Wabash 3,212 29.6% 7,574 69.8% 62 10,848 R+40.2
Montgomery 2,932 27.4% 7,669 71.8% 87 10,688 R+44.3
Miami 3,578 33.5% 7,029 65.8% 69 10,676 R+32.3
Boone 2,907 27.7% 7,528 71.7% 61 10,496 R+44.0
De Kalb 3,515 35.4% 6,343 63.9% 72 9,930 R+28.5
Posey 3,781 38.7% 5,920 60.5% 79 9,780 R+21.9
Dearborn 3,773 38.6% 5,831 59.7% 168 9,772 R+21.1
Harrison 3,746 38.6% 5,823 60.1% 124 9,693 R+21.4
Jefferson 4,120 42.8% 5,379 55.9% 117 9,616 R+13.1
Clinton 3,329 34.9% 6,143 64.5% 59 9,531 R+29.5
Daviess 3,187 33.8% 6,184 65.6% 51 9,422 R+31.8
Randolph 3,014 32.1% 6,293 67.0% 85 9,392 R+34.9
Adams 3,254 34.9% 5,998 64.4% 67 9,319 R+29.4
Spencer 4,296 47.5% 4,739 52.3% 18 9,053 R+4.9
Noble 3,173 35.4% 5,738 63.9% 62 8,973 R+28.6
Wells 2,720 31.3% 5,929 68.2% 48 8,697 R+36.9
Whitley 3,404 39.3% 5,203 60.0% 62 8,669 R+20.8
Clay 3,066 36.0% 5,351 62.8% 103 8,520 R+26.8
Putnam 2,867 33.9% 5,522 65.2% 77 8,466 R+31.4
Perry 4,482 54.6% 3,708 45.2% 18 8,208 D+9.4
Fayette 3,596 45.1% 4,302 54.0% 72 7,970 R+8.9
White 2,624 33.3% 5,168 65.6% 81 7,873 R+32.3
Ripley 2,863 37.1% 4,818 62.4% 34 7,715 R+25.3
Decatur 2,321 30.3% 5,288 69.0% 55 7,664 R+38.7
Jennings 2,866 38.6% 4,510 60.7% 53 7,429 R+22.1
Fulton 2,337 31.7% 4,955 67.2% 78 7,370 R+35.5
Jay 2,551 35.0% 4,686 64.3% 51 7,288 R+29.3
Orange 2,357 33.1% 4,713 66.1% 55 7,125 R+33.1
Starke 3,221 45.6% 3,735 52.8% 114 7,070 R+7.3
Sullivan 3,149 44.7% 3,856 54.7% 39 7,044 R+10.0
Fountain 2,219 31.7% 4,748 67.7% 43 7,010 R+36.1
Washington 2,438 35.7% 4,272 62.6% 116 6,826 R+26.9
Carroll 2,410 35.5% 4,342 64.0% 34 6,786 R+28.5
Jasper 2,062 31.2% 4,478 67.7% 79 6,619 R+36.5
Parke 1,869 28.9% 4,530 70.1% 61 6,460 R+41.2
Tipton 2,184 34.1% 4,176 65.3% 36 6,396 R+31.1
Vermillion 2,601 40.9% 3,657 57.5% 103 6,361 R+16.6
Pike 2,794 44.2% 3,467 54.9% 55 6,316 R+10.7
Rush 1,874 29.9% 4,346 69.3% 48 6,268 R+39.4
Steuben 1,760 28.3% 4,422 71.1% 34 6,216 R+42.8
Franklin 2,130 37.4% 3,453 60.7% 105 5,688 R+23.3
Scott 2,479 46.9% 2,768 52.3% 41 5,288 R+5.5
Pulaski 1,809 35.2% 3,303 64.3% 27 5,139 R+29.1
Owen 1,874 36.6% 3,205 62.7% 36 5,115 R+26.0
Blackford 1,908 38.6% 2,991 60.4% 49 4,948 R+21.9
Martin 2,138 43.7% 2,743 56.0% 16 4,897 R+12.4
Lagrange 1,274 28.8% 3,121 70.5% 34 4,429 R+41.7
Brown 1,719 39.1% 2,629 59.8% 49 4,397 R+20.7
Crawford 2,065 47.5% 2,260 52.0% 23 4,348 R+4.5
Newton 1,419 32.7% 2,889 66.5% 35 4,343 R+33.8
Benton 1,006 31.0% 2,204 67.8% 40 3,250 R+36.9
Warren 1,041 33.0% 2,082 66.0% 31 3,154 R+33.0
Switzerland 1,269 52.1% 1,156 47.5% 9 2,434 D+4.6
Ohio 1,086 45.1% 1,278 53.1% 45 2,409 R+8.0
Union 683 29.0% 1,643 69.7% 32 2,358 R+40.7

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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