Class I Senate Elections
| General election 1916 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Harry S. New | 337,089 | 57.8% | |
| Democratic | John W. Kern | 325,588 | 46.1% | |
| Prohibition | Elwood Haynes | 15,598 | 2.6% | |
| General election 1922 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Samuel M. Ralston | 558,169 | 50.9% | |
| Republican | Albert J. Beveridge | 524,558 | 47.8% | |
| Special election 1926 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Arthur R. Robinson | 519,401 | 50.6% | |
| Democratic | Evans D. Woollen | 496,540 | 48.4% | |
| General election 1928 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Arthur R. Robinson | 782,144 | 55.3% | |
| Democratic | Albert Stump | 623,996 | 44.1% | |
| General election 1934 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sherman Minton | 758,801 | 51.5% | |
| Republican | Arthur R. Robinson | 700,103 | 47.5% | |
| General election 1940 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Raymond E. Willis | 888,070 | 50.5% | |
| Democratic | Sherman Minton | 864,803 | 49.1% | |
| General election 1946 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | William E. Jenner | 739,809 | 54.9% | |
| Democratic | M. Clifford Townsend | 584,288 | 43.4% | |
| General election 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | William E. Jenner | 1,020,605 | 52.4% | |
| Democratic | Henry F. Schricker | 911,169 | 46.8% | |
| General election 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | R. Vance Hartke | 973,636 | 56.5% | |
| Republican | Harold W. Handley | 731,635 | 42.4% | |
| General election 1964 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | R. Vance Hartke | 1,128,505 | 54.3% | |
| Republican | D. Russell Bontrager | 941,519 | 45.3% | |
| General election 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | R. Vance Hartke | 870,990 | 50.1% | |
| Republican | Richard L. Roudebush | 866,707 | 49.9% | |
| General election 1976 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar | 58.8% | ||
| Democratic | R. Vance Hartke | 40.5% | ||
| General election 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar | 978,301 | 53.8% | |
| Democratic | Floyd Fithian | 828,400 | 45.5% | |
| American | Raymond James | 0.5% | ||
| General election 1988 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar | 67.7% | ||
| Democratic | Jack Wickes | 32.3% | ||
| 1994 General Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar (incumbent) | 1,039,625 | 67.4% | |
| Democratic | Jim Jontz | 470,799 | 30.5% | |
| Libertarian | Barbara Bourland | 17,343 | 1.1% | |
| New Alliance | Mary Catherine Barton | 15,801 | 1.0% | |
| Majority | 568,826 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| 2000 General Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar (incumbent) | 1,427,944 | 66.5% | |
| Democratic | David Johnson | 683,273 | 31.9% | |
| Libertarian | Paul Hager | 33,992 | 1.6% | |
| Majority | 744,71 | |||
| Voter turnout | 55% | |||
| 2006 General Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Lugar (incumbent) | 1,171,553 | 87.3% | |
| Libertarian | Steve Osborn | 168,820 | 12.6% | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 738 | 0.1% | |
| Majority | 1,002,733 | |||
| Voter turnout | 40% | |||
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