Electoral History
| United States Representative- Indiana's 8th District, 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Frank McCloskey (Incumbent) | 97,465 | 54.7% | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock | 80,645 | 45.3% | |
| United States Representative- Indiana's 8th District, 1992 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Frank McCloskey (Incumbent) | 125,244 | 53.0% | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock | 108,054 | 45.7% | |
| Treasurer of State (Indiana), 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock | 833,531 | 51.9% | |
| Democratic | Michael Griffin | 771,610 | 48.0% | |
| Treasurer of State (Indiana), 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock (Incumbent) | 1,053,527 | 62.4% | |
| Democratic | Pete Buttigieg | 633,243 | 37.5% | |
| U.S. Senate Republican primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock | 403,268 | 60.6% | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar (Incumbent) | 262,388 | 39.4% | |
| United States Senate election in Indiana, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Joe Donnelly | 1,281,181 | 50.04% | +50.04% | |
| Republican | Richard Mourdock | 1,133,621 | 44.28% | -43.08% | |
| Libertarian | Andy Horning | 145,282 | 5.67% | -6.92% | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 18 | 0 % | n/a | |
| Majority | 147,560 | 5.76% | -69.49% | ||
| Turnout | 2,560,102 | 57.46% | +26.24% | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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