1992 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee  | Dan Coats | Joe Hogsett |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 1,267,972 | 900,148
Percentage  | 57.34% | 40.70%

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County results
Coats: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Hogsett: 40–50% 50–60%

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The 1992 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan Coats won re-election to his first full term.

## Background

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When incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan Quayle resigned from the Senate after being elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, Coats was appointed to Quayle’s former seat. He then won re-election to serve the remainder of the term in 1990. Coats would then be elected to this seat 18 years later in 2010.

## Major candidates

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### Democratic

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* Joe Hogsett, Indiana Secretary of State[1]

### Republican

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* Dan Coats, incumbent U.S. Senator

## Results

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### Overall

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Coats won the election easily. Hogsett did perform well in some counties in southern Indiana, and also managed to win a few counties in western Indiana. Hogsett’s strongest performance by far was in Lake County where he received over 60% of the vote.

1992 United States Senate election in Indiana[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Dan Coats (incumbent)  | 1,267,972  | 57.34%
| Democratic | Joe Hogsett | 900,148  | 40.70%
| Libertarian | Steve Dillon  | 35,733  | 1.62%
| New Alliance | Raymond Tirado  | 7,474  | 0.34%
| Write-in | 99  | 0.00%
Total votes  | 2,211,426  | 100.0%
| Republican hold

### By county

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Coats won 79 of Indiana's counties compared to 13 for Hogsett.[3]

County  | Coats  | Votes  | Hogsett  | Votes  | Others  | Votes  | Total

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Adams | 65.8% | 8,345 | 32.8%  | 4,149 | 1.4%  | 174 | 12,668
Allen | 63.5% | 75,991 | 34.7%  | 41,499 | 1.8%  | 2,207 | 119,697
Bartholomew | 63.4% | 17,034 | 34.2%  | 9,178 | 2.4%  | 631 | 26,843
Benton | 59.1% | 2,442 | 38.5%  | 1,590 | 2.4%  | 98 | 4,130
Blackford | 57.2% | 3,253 | 41.2%  | 2,342 | 1.6%  | 90 | 5,685
Boone | 72.4% | 12,043 | 26.2%  | 4,360 | 1.4%  | 230 | 16,633
Brown | 61.4% | 3,591 | 36.0%  | 2,103 | 2.6%  | 149 | 5,843
Carroll | 56.9% | 4,752 | 41.7%  | 3,477 | 1.4%  | 117 | 8,346
Cass | 56.5% | 8,759 | 41.8%  | 6,470 | 1.7%  | 257 | 15,486
Clark | 43.9%  | 14,200 | 54.9% | 17,716 | 1.2%  | 375 | 32,291
Clay | 58.4% | 5,890 | 40.0%  | 4,026 | 1.6%  | 161 | 10,077
Clinton | 62.9% | 7,514 | 35.1%  | 4,186 | 2.0%  | 244 | 11,944
Crawford | 45.4%  | 2,109 | 53.7% | 2,489 | 0.9%  | 40 | 4,638
Daviess | 62.0% | 6,395 | 36.9%  | 3,809 | 1.1%  | 109 | 10,313
Dearborn | 57.2% | 7,882 | 40.5%  | 5,573 | 2.3%  | 322 | 13,777
Decatur | 63.5% | 6,481 | 34.4%  | 3,500 | 2.1%  | 219 | 10,200
DeKalb | 63.2% | 9,117 | 35.3%  | 5,099 | 1.5%  | 211 | 14,427
Delaware | 58.7% | 28,811 | 38.7%  | 18,982 | 2.6%  | 1,279 | 49,072
Dubois | 56.3% | 8,359 | 42.2%  | 6,254 | 1.5%  | 221 | 14,834
Elkhart | 68.8% | 34,644 | 29.7%  | 14,949 | 1.5%  | 765 | 50,358
Fayette | 53.5% | 5,334 | 45.0%  | 4,481 | 1.5%  | 148 | 9,963
Floyd | 47.1%  | 12,847 | 51.9% | 14,181 | 1.0%  | 273 | 27,301
Fountain | 54.8% | 4,565 | 43.0%  | 3,578 | 2.2%  | 185 | 8,328
Franklin | 58.1% | 4,546 | 39.2%  | 3,061 | 2.7%  | 212 | 7,819
Fulton | 59.3% | 4,874 | 38.7%  | 3,175 | 2.0%  | 161 | 8,210
Gibson | 47.7%  | 6,936 | 51.1% | 7,424 | 1.2%  | 175 | 14,535
Grant | 63.0% | 17,696 | 35.4%  | 9,930 | 1.6%  | 445 | 28,071
Greene | 51.7% | 6,637 | 46.4%  | 5,954 | 1.9%  | 250 | 12,841
Hamilton | 79.3% | 43,490 | 18.5%  | 10,145 | 2.2%  | 1,195 | 54,830
Hancock | 69.8% | 14,267 | 27.7%  | 5,648 | 2.5%  | 506 | 20,421
Harrison | 46.5%  | 6,256 | 51.9% | 6,982 | 1.6%  | 213 | 13,451
Hendricks | 73.7% | 23,938 | 24.2%  | 7,863 | 2.1%  | 668 | 32,469
Henry | 58.1% | 11,465 | 39.9%  | 7,873 | 2.0%  | 404 | 19,742
Howard | 57.3% | 19,306 | 39.8%  | 13,412 | 2.9%  | 976 | 33,122
Huntington | 68.1% | 10,511 | 30.8%  | 4,750 | 1.1%  | 169 | 15,430
Jackson | 57.4% | 8,590 | 41.1%  | 6,151 | 1.5%  | 231 | 14,972
Jasper | 61.1% | 5,877 | 37.5%  | 3,602 | 1.4%  | 134 | 9,613
Jay | 61.3% | 5,195 | 37.0%  | 3,141 | 1.7%  | 142 | 8,478
Jefferson | 48.0%  | 5,835 | 50.0% | 6,067 | 2.0%  | 247 | 12,149
Jennings | 55.6% | 5,224 | 42.0%  | 3,936 | 2.4%  | 221 | 9,381
Johnson | 71.5% | 25,069 | 26.0%  | 9,131 | 2.5%  | 875 | 35,075
Knox | 53.0% | 8,683 | 44.2%  | 7,239 | 2.8%  | 464 | 16,386
Kosciusko | 71.8% | 17,624 | 26.7%  | 6,533 | 1.5%  | 375 | 24,532
LaGrange | 66.9% | 4,792 | 31.3%  | 2,240 | 1.8%  | 128 | 7,160
Lake | 37.2%  | 66,132 | 60.8% | 108,174 | 2.0%  | 3,627 | 177,933
LaPorte | 49.5% | 20,525 | 48.5%  | 20,082 | 2.0%  | 831 | 41,438
Lawrence | 57.1% | 9,315 | 41.2%  | 6,706 | 1.7%  | 275 | 16,296
Madison | 54.3% | 31,709 | 43.3%  | 25,279 | 2.4%  | 1,430 | 58,418
Marion | 58.9% | 179,213 | 39.1%  | 118,781 | 2.0%  | 5,999 | 303,993
Marshall | 65.0% | 10,268 | 34.0%  | 5,357 | 1.0%  | 165 | 15,790
Martin | 51.7% | 2,685 | 47.3%  | 2,450 | 1.0%  | 54 | 5,189
Miami | 58.4% | 7,638 | 40.1%  | 5,248 | 1.5%  | 192 | 13,078
Monroe | 56.0% | 23,409 | 40.0%  | 16,685 | 4.0%  | 1,654 | 41,748
Montgomery | 69.6% | 9,718 | 27.7%  | 3,860 | 2.7%  | 372 | 13,950
Morgan | 69.3% | 14,260 | 28.2%  | 5,807 | 2.5%  | 518 | 20,585
Newton | 59.5% | 3,021 | 38.0%  | 1,931 | 2.5%  | 129 | 5,081
Noble | 63.7% | 8,646 | 34.6%  | 4,692 | 1.7%  | 225 | 13,563
Ohio | 50.7% | 1,244 | 47.4%  | 1,164 | 1.9%  | 46 | 2,454
Orange | 54.3% | 4,280 | 44.0%  | 3,459 | 1.7%  | 131 | 7,870
Owen | 58.1% | 3,716 | 38.3%  | 2,450 | 3.6%  | 227 | 6,393
Parke | 56.0% | 3,962 | 41.9%  | 2,958 | 2.1%  | 149 | 7,069
Perry | 41.7%  | 3,759 | 57.3% | 5,167 | 1.0%  | 91 | 9,017
Pike | 49.4% | 3,104 | 49.0%  | 3,084 | 4.6%  | 100 | 6,288
Porter | 55.0% | 30,862 | 42.9%  | 24,109 | 2.1%  | 1,188 | 56,159
Posey | 56.6% | 6,433 | 41.5%  | 4,720 | 1.9%  | 214 | 11,367
Pulaski | 56.9% | 3,176 | 42.1%  | 2,353 | 1.0%  | 55 | 5,584
Putnam | 64.7% | 7,639 | 32.7%  | 3,864 | 2.6%  | 310 | 11,813
Randolph | 60.6% | 7,086 | 37.5%  | 4,372 | 1.9%  | 227 | 11,685
Ripley | 60.6% | 5,977 | 38.1%  | 3,754 | 1.3%  | 125 | 9,856
Rush | 51.3% | 4,090 | 46.7%  | 3,719 | 2.0%  | 156 | 7,965
Saint Joseph | 54.3% | 53,260 | 46.7%  | 43,785 | 1.0%  | 995 | 98,040
Scott | 40.1%  | 2,778 | 58.7% | 4,061 | 1.2%  | 81 | 6,920
Shelby | 64.9% | 10,227 | 33.6%  | 5,299 | 1.5%  | 244 | 15,770
Spencer | 50.2% | 4,630 | 49.4%  | 4,549 | 0.4%  | 41 | 9,220
Starke | 50.4% | 4,014 | 47.9%  | 3,816 | 1.7%  | 138 | 7,968
Steuben | 64.0% | 6,611 | 34.6%  | 3,573 | 1.4%  | 147 | 10,331
Sullivan | 45.2%  | 3,649 | 53.1% | 4,282 | 1.7%  | 138 | 8,069
Switzerland | 45.5%  | 1,279 | 53.5% | 1,500 | 1.0%  | 29 | 2,808
Tippecanoe | 60.0% | 29,129 | 36.8%  | 17,867 | 3.2%  | 1,561 | 48,557
Tipton | 65.1% | 5,063 | 33.2%  | 2,584 | 1.7%  | 129 | 7,776
Union | 59.6% | 1,705 | 38.4%  | 1,097 | 2.0%  | 57 | 2,859
Vanderburgh | 54.9% | 41,079 | 43.2%  | 32,300 | 1.9%  | 1,423 | 74,802
Vermillion | 42.4%  | 3,293 | 55.3% | 4,286 | 2.3%  | 178 | 7,757
Vigo | 48.5%  | 19,436 | 49.1% | 19,659 | 2.4%  | 948 | 40,043
Wabash | 63.0% | 8,992 | 35.7%  | 5,099 | 1.3%  | 189 | 14,280
Warren | 52.2% | 2,051 | 45.7%  | 1,793 | 2.1%  | 84 | 3,928
Warrick | 55.1% | 11,294 | 43.1%  | 8,850 | 1.8%  | 371 | 20,515
Washington | 50.5% | 4,661 | 48.1%  | 4,433 | 1.4%  | 125 | 9,219
Wayne | 57.1% | 15,246 | 40.9%  | 10,914 | 2.0%  | 524 | 26,684
Wells | 65.5% | 7,834 | 32.9%  | 3,926 | 1.6%  | 186 | 11,946
White | 58.7% | 5,893 | 38.8%  | 3,895 | 2.5%  | 249 | 10,037
Whitley | 62.2% | 7,229 | 35.4%  | 4,107 | 2.4%  | 283 | 11,619

## See also

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* 1992 United States Senate elections

## References

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1. ^ "Midwest Senate roundup". USA TODAY. October 6, 1992. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
2. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. ^ "United States Senator by County". USA Elections. November 3, 1992. Retrieved November 8, 2008.

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