Electoral history of Richard Lugar
Electoral history of Richard Lugar, United States Senator from Indiana (1977–2013), 44th Mayor of Indianapolis (1968–1976), Chairman of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations (1985–1987, 2003–2007), Agriculture (1995–2001, 2001) and a candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.
While in the Senate, Lugar was the 5th most senior U.S. Senator and the longest-serving Republican in this body.
Indianapolis mayoral election, 1967:[1]
- Richard Lugar (R) - 72,278 (53.3%)
- John J. Barton (D) (inc.) - 63,284 (46.7%)
Indianapolis mayoral election, 1971:[1]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 155,164 (60.5%)
- (D) - 101,367 (39.5%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 1974:[2]
- Birch Bayh (D) (inc.) - 889,269 (50.73%)
- Richard Lugar (R) - 814,117 (46.44%)
- Don L. Lee (American) - 49,592 (2.83%)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Indiana, 1976:[3]
- Richard Lugar - 393,064 (65.45%)
- Edgar D. Whitcomb - 179,203 (29.84%)
- William Costas - 28,329 (4.72%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 1976:[4]
- Richard Lugar (R) - 1,275,833 (59.03%)
- Vance Hartke (D) (inc.) - 868,522 (40.19%)
- Don L. Lee (American) - 14,321 (0.66%)
- (U.S. Labor) - 2,511 (0.12%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 1982:[5]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 978,301 (53.83%)
- Floyd J. Fithian (D) - 828,400 (45.58%)
- Raymond James (American) - 10,586 (0.58%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 1988:[6]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 1,430,525 (68.14%)
- (D) - 668,778 (31.86%)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Indiana, 1994:[7]
- Richard Lugar (inc.) - 398,111 (100.00%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 1994:[8]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 1,039,625 (67.35%)
- Jim Jontz (D) - 470,799 (30.50%)
- (LBT) - 17,343 (1.12%)
- (New Alliance) - 15,801 (1.02%)
Iowa Republican straw poll, 1995:[9]
- Bob Dole - 2,582 (24.38%)
- Phil Gramm - 2,582 (24.38%)
- Pat Buchanan - 1,922 (18.15%)
- Lamar Alexander - 1,156 (10.91%)
- Alan Keyes - 804 (7.59%)
- Morry Taylor - 803 (7.58%)
- Richard Lugar - 466 (4.40%)
- Pete Wilson - 123 (1.16%)
- Bob Dornan - 87 (0.82%)
- Arlen Specter - 67 (0.63%)
New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 1996:[10]
- Colin Powell - 6,414 (25.80%)
- Alan Keyes - 4,200 (16.90%)
- Scattering - 2,631 (10.58%)
- Lamar Alexander - 2,113 (8.50%)
- Richard Lugar - 1,881 (7.57%)
- Phil Gramm - 1,314 (5.29%)
- Steve Forbes - 1,220 (4.91%)
- Pat Buchanan - 1,115 (4.49%)
- Jack Kemp - 970 (3.90%)
- Bob Dole - 930 (3.74%)
- Morry Taylor - 710 (2.86%)
- Al Gore (inc.) - 654 (2.63%)
- Bob Dornan - 401 (1.61%)
- Ross Perot - 108 (0.43%)
- Bill Clinton - 70 (0.28%)
- Ralph Nader - 69 (0.28%)
- - 60 (0.24%)
All candidates run as write-in
Washington Presidential primary for independent voters, 1996:[11]
- Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 227,120 (51.08%)
- Bob Dole (R) - 125,154 (28.15%)
- Pat Buchanan (R) - 44,027 (9.90%)
- Steve Forbes (R) - 28,618 (6.44%)
- Alan Keyes (R) - 6,631 (1.49%)
- Lamar Alexander (R) - 5,181 (1.17%)
- Lyndon LaRouche (D) - 3,160 (0.71%)
- Richard Lugar (R) - 2,009 (0.45%)
- Phil Gramm (R) - 1,665 (0.37%)
- Bob Dornan (R) - 1,054 (0.24%)
1996 Republican presidential primaries:[12]
- Bob Dole - 9,024,742 (58.82%)
- Pat Buchanan - 3,184,943 (20.76%)
- Steve Forbes - 1,751,187 (11.41%)
- Lamar Alexander - 495,590 (3.23%)
- Alan Keyes - 471,716 (3.08%)
- Richard Lugar - 127,111 (0.83%)
- Unpledged delegates - 123,278 (0.80%)
- Phil Gramm - 71,456 (0.47%)
- Bob Dornan - 42,140 (0.28%)
- Morry Taylor - 21,180 (0.14%)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Indiana, 2000:[13]
- Richard Lugar (inc.) - 356,888 (100.00%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 2000:[14]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 1,427,944 (66.56%)
- (D) - 683,273 (31.85%)
- Paul Hager (LBT) - 33,992 (1.59%)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Indiana, 2006:[15]
- Richard Lugar (inc.) - 297,488 (100.00%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006:[16]
- Richard Lugar (R) (inc.) - 1,171,553 (87.36%)
- Steve Osborn (LBT) - 168,820 (12.59%)
- (I) (write-in) - 444 (0.03%)
- (I) (write-in) - 294 (0.02%)
President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2009:[17]
- Robert Byrd (D) (inc.) - 58 (58.59%)
- Richard Lugar (R) - 41 (41.41%)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Indiana, 2012:[18]
- Richard Mourdock - 403,268 (60.58%)
- Richard Lugar (inc.) - 262,388 (39.42%)
References[]
- ^ a b Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.
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- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- R Primary Race - May 04, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- R Primary Race - May 03, 1994". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1994". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll Race - Aug 19, 1995". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - R Primary Race - Feb 20, 1996". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - WA US President - I Primary Race - Mar 26, 1996". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jul 07, 1996". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- R Primary Race - May 02, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate - R Primary Race - May 02, 2006". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2006". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - President Pro Tempore Race - Jan 06, 2009". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2012/by_state/IN_US_Senate_0508.html?SITE=CSPANELN&SECTION=POLITICS
- Electoral history of politicians from Indiana