2000 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee  | Richard Lugar | David L. Johnson  |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 1,427,944 | 683,273
Percentage  | 66.56% | 31.85%

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County results

Lugar: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%

Johnson: 50–60%

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| U.S. senator before election

Richard Lugar
Republican

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Richard Lugar
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The 2000 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar was re-elected to his fifth six-year term.

## Major candidates

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### Democratic

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* David Johnson, attorney and adviser to Gov. Frank O'Bannon[1]

### Republican

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* Richard Lugar, incumbent U.S. Senator

## Campaign

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### Debates

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* Complete video of debate, August 30, 2000

### Results

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Lugar easily won reelection taking 66.5% one of the largest margins in a statewide race in Indiana history. Johnson did win Lake County, a Democratic stronghold, by a wide margin, but Lugar did well elsewhere. Lugar was sworn in for a fifth term on January 3, 2001.

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2000 United States Senate election, Indiana[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Republican | Richard Lugar (Incumbent)  | 1,427,944  | 66.56%  | −0.79%
| Democratic | David Johnson | 683,273  | 31.85%  | +1.35%
| Libertarian | Paul Hager  | 33,992  | 1.58%  | +0.46%
Majority  | 744,671  | 34.71%  | −2.14%
Turnout | 2,145,209  | 55%  |
| Republican hold | Swing |  |

### By county

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Lugar won 91 of Indiana's 92 counties, Johnson won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County.[3]

County  | Lugar  | Votes  | Johnson  | Votes  | Hager  | Votes  | Total

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Adams | 76.9% | 9,384 | 21.6%  | 2,635 | 1.5%  | 188 | 12,207
Allen | 73.4% | 83,279 | 25.1%  | 28,477 | 1.5%  | 1,723 | 113,479
Bartholomew | 72.9% | 18,585 | 25.6%  | 6,512 | 1.5%  | 383 | 25,480
Benton | 72.6% | 2,804 | 25.0%  | 965 | 2.4%  | 94 | 3,863
Blackford | 66.9% | 3,245 | 31.7%  | 1,539 | 1.4%  | 69 | 4,853
Boone | 79.9% | 14,527 | 18.2%  | 3,311 | 1.9%  | 353 | 18,191
Brown | 67.8% | 4,609 | 29.2%  | 1,982 | 3.0%  | 204 | 6,795
Carroll | 71.4% | 5,888 | 27.2%  | 2,245 | 1.4%  | 117 | 8,250
Cass | 69.4% | 10,191 | 29.1%  | 4,275 | 1.5%  | 223 | 14,689
Clark | 62.8% | 23,087 | 36.0%  | 13,230 | 1.2%  | 437 | 36,754
Clay | 72.3% | 7,091 | 26.3%  | 2,575 | 1.4%  | 142 | 9,808
Clinton | 72.7% | 7,899 | 25.7%  | 2,790 | 1.6%  | 173 | 10,862
Crawford | 62.3% | 2,541 | 36.1%  | 1,472 | 1.6%  | 65 | 4,078
Daviess | 77.0% | 7,434 | 21.9%  | 2,117 | 1.1%  | 104 | 9,655
Dearborn | 68.6% | 11,878 | 29.5%  | 5,103 | 1.9%  | 328 | 17,309
Decatur | 74.8% | 6,544 | 23.7%  | 2,068 | 1.5%  | 132 | 8,744
DeKalb | 74.6% | 10,116 | 24.0%  | 3,244 | 1.4%  | 184 | 13,544
Delaware | 63.7% | 27,066 | 34.6%  | 14,650 | 1.7%  | 743 | 42,459
Dubois | 72.5% | 10,648 | 26.7%  | 3,908 | 0.8%  | 121 | 14,677
Elkhart | 78.3% | 42,285 | 20.5%  | 11,081 | 1.2%  | 665 | 54,031
Fayette | 67.2% | 5,714 | 31.2%  | 2,658 | 1.6%  | 137 | 8,509
Floyd | 66.3% | 19,759 | 32.7%  | 9,719 | 1.0%  | 304 | 29,782
Fountain | 70.3% | 4,934 | 28.1%  | 1,974 | 1.6%  | 112 | 7,020
Franklin | 72.3% | 5,902 | 26.1%  | 2,127 | 1.6%  | 128 | 8,157
Fulton | 73.7% | 6,141 | 25.0%  | 2,082 | 1.3%  | 111 | 8,334
Gibson | 65.1% | 8,936 | 33.6%  | 4,616 | 1.3%  | 174 | 13,726
Grant | 68.0% | 17,704 | 30.7%  | 7,999 | 1.3%  | 341 | 26,044
Greene | 64.5% | 7,797 | 34.2%  | 4,132 | 1.3%  | 159 | 12,088
Hamilton | 84.0% | 63,216 | 14.4%  | 10,834 | 1.6%  | 1,194 | 75,244
Hancock | 78.2% | 17,376 | 19.8%  | 4,404 | 2.0%  | 451 | 22,231
Harrison | 68.6% | 10,112 | 29.7%  | 4,379 | 1.7%  | 257 | 14,748
Hendricks | 79.5% | 31,800 | 18.8%  | 7,525 | 1.7%  | 682 | 40,007
Henry | 66.7% | 11,765 | 31.8%  | 5,611 | 1.5%  | 264 | 17,640
Howard | 67.0% | 22,827 | 31.2%  | 10,616 | 1.8%  | 608 | 34,051
Huntington | 78.1% | 11,171 | 20.6%  | 2,941 | 1.3%  | 186 | 14,298
Jackson | 71.2% | 10,389 | 27.6%  | 4,027 | 1.2%  | 182 | 14,598
Jasper | 70.8% | 7,775 | 27.8%  | 3,047 | 1.4%  | 157 | 10,979
Jay | 68.6% | 5,442 | 29.6%  | 2,349 | 1.8%  | 144 | 7,935
Jefferson | 65.8% | 7,641 | 33.0%  | 3,830 | 1.2%  | 140 | 11,611
Jennings | 70.7% | 6,673 | 27.8%  | 2,620 | 1.5%  | 140 | 9,433
Johnson | 79.0% | 32,295 | 19.0%  | 7,761 | 2.0%  | 832 | 40,888
Knox | 67.5% | 9,940 | 30.9%  | 4,549 | 1.6%  | 237 | 14,726
Kosciusko | 82.5% | 20,282 | 15.7%  | 3,871 | 1.8%  | 441 | 24,594
LaGrange | 78.0% | 6,464 | 20.7%  | 1,712 | 1.3%  | 108 | 8,284
Lake | 41.7%  | 71,574 | 57.1% | 97,809 | 1.2%  | 2,083 | 171,466
LaPorte | 60.3% | 22,589 | 37.1%  | 13,864 | 2.6%  | 955 | 37,408
Lawrence | 73.8% | 11,733 | 24.6%  | 3,913 | 1.6%  | 255 | 15,901
Madison | 62.6% | 31,664 | 35.9%  | 18,154 | 1.5%  | 781 | 50,599
Marion | 58.1% | 158,620 | 40.2%  | 109,736 | 1.7%  | 4,532 | 272,888
Marshall | 76.2% | 12,208 | 22.8%  | 3,654 | 1.0%  | 163 | 16,025
Martin | 70.7% | 3,214 | 27.9%  | 1,268 | 1.4%  | 63 | 4,545
Miami | 69.6% | 8,712 | 29.0%  | 3,623 | 1.4%  | 176 | 12,511
Monroe | 63.8% | 25,168 | 32.6%  | 12,837 | 3.6%  | 1,404 | 39,409
Montgomery | 78.5% | 10,280 | 19.7%  | 2,571 | 1.8%  | 239 | 13,090
Morgan | 76.6% | 16,731 | 21.3%  | 4,640 | 2.1%  | 452 | 21,823
Newton | 64.0% | 3,463 | 33.5%  | 1,814 | 2.5%  | 133 | 5,410
Noble | 75.5% | 10,661 | 23.0%  | 3,245 | 1.5%  | 207 | 14,113
Ohio | 66.3% | 1,614 | 31.9%  | 777 | 1.8%  | 44 | 2,435
Orange | 72.6% | 5,143 | 25.9%  | 1,832 | 1.5%  | 109 | 7,084
Owen | 70.0% | 4,502 | 27.3%  | 1,756 | 2.7%  | 176 | 6,434
Parke | 69.4% | 4,303 | 29.1%  | 1,801 | 1.5%  | 94 | 6,198
Perry | 54.7% | 3,754 | 44.3%  | 3,041 | 1.0%  | 68 | 6,863
Pike | 64.4% | 3,821 | 33.8%  | 2,007 | 1.8%  | 109 | 5,937
Porter | 61.9% | 34,785 | 36.4%  | 20,430 | 1.7%  | 973 | 56,188
Posey | 70.1% | '7,487 | 28.8%  | 3,074 | 1.1%  | 121 | 10,682
Pulaski | 69.6% | 3,719 | 29.4%  | 1,566 | 1.0%  | 56 | 5,341
Putnam | 73.2% | 8,359 | 24.5%  | 2,792 | 2.3%  | 260 | 11,411
Randolph | 69.7% | 6,776 | 28.9%  | 2,808 | 1.4%  | 136 | 9,720
Ripley | 72.5% | 7,657 | 25.6%  | 2,704 | 1.9%  | 196 | 10,557
Rush | 75.7% | 5,334 | 22.0%  | 1,552 | 2.3%  | 161 | 7,047
Saint Joseph | 63.5% | 59,818 | 35.5%  | 33,378 | 1.0%  | 927 | 94,123
Scott | 62.1% | 4,798 | 36.4%  | 2,810 | 1.5%  | 115 | 7,723
Shelby | 72.1% | 10,925 | 26.3%  | 3,986 | 1.6%  | 250 | 15,161
Spencer | 64.1% | 5,747 | 35.1%  | 3,147 | 0.8%  | 75 | 8,969
Starke | 59.7% | 4,866 | 38.9%  | 3,168 | 1.4%  | 113 | 8,147
Steuben | 75.9% | 8,549 | 22.1%  | 2,479 | 2.0%  | 229 | 11,257
Sullivan | 62.3% | 4,645 | 36.5%  | 2,720 | 1.2%  | 86 | 7,451
Switzerland | 59.5% | 1,885 | 38.4%  | 1,216 | 2.1%  | 67 | 3,168
Tippecanoe | 72.2% | 32,101 | 25.5%  | 11,357 | 2.3%  | 1,034 | 44,492
Tipton | 71.3% | 5,111 | 27.4%  | 1,958 | 1.3%  | 96 | 7,165
Union | 74.4% | 2,068 | 24.2%  | 673 | 1.4%  | 39 | 2,780
Vanderburgh | 66.0% | 41,482 | 32.7%  | 20,552 | 1.3%  | 832 | 62,866
Vermillion | 57.2% | 3,585 | 41.2%  | 2,577 | 1.6%  | 103 | 6,265
Vigo | 64.1% | 22,886 | 34.2%  | 12,176 | 1.7%  | 589 | 35,651
Wabash | 74.1% | 9,404 | 24.9%  | 3,167 | 1.0%  | 125 | 12,696
Warren | 67.7% | 2,454 | 30.6%  | 1,106 | 1.7%  | 63 | 3,623
Warrick | 68.6% | 14,538 | 30.2%  | 6,402 | 1.2%  | 250 | 21,190
Washington | 70.4% | 6,828 | 27.1%  | 2,629 | 2.5%  | 239 | 9,696
Wayne | 66.7% | 15,926 | 31.8%  | 7,590 | 1.5%  | 356 | 23,872
Wells | 78.2% | 8,565 | 20.4%  | 2,235 | 1.4%  | 158 | 10,958
White | 74.3% | 7,310 | 24.0%  | 2,360 | 1.7%  | 169 | 9,839
Whitley | 76.1% | 9,426 | 22.3%  | 2,757 | 1.6%  | 194 | 12,377

## See also

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* 2000 United States Senate elections

## References

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1. ^ "Muncie Times 17 June 1999 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
2. ^ "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
3. ^ "United States Senator by County". Indiana Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.

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