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Indiana U.S. Senate election history

Every Indiana U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Republican 15
  • Democratic 3
D+40R+40D+20R+201976: R+18.819761980: R+7.619801982: R+8.219821986: R+22.119861988: R+36.319881992: R+16.619921994: R+36.919941998: D+28.919982000: R+34.720002004: D+24.420042010: R+14.620102012: D+5.820122016: R+9.720162018: R+5.920182022: R+20.720222024: R+19.92024
Indiana Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Jim Banks Republican Valerie McCray 19.9 2,829,897
2022 Class III Todd Young Republican Thomas McDermott 20.8 1,860,154
2018 flip Class I Mike Braun Republican Joe Donnelly 5.9 2,282,565
2016 Class III Todd Young Republican Evan Bayh 9.7 2,732,546
2012 flip Class I Joe Donnelly Democratic Richard Mourdock 5.8 2,560,102
2010 flip Class III Daniel Coats Republican Brad Ellsworth 14.6 1,744,481
2006 Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican Steve Osborn 74.8 1,341,111
2004 Class III Evan Bayh Democratic Marvin Bailey Scott 24.4 2,428,233
2000 Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican David L. Johnson 34.7 2,145,209
1998 flip Class III Evan Bayh Democratic Paul Helmke 28.9 1,588,617
1994 Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican James Jontz 36.9 1,543,568
1992 Class III Daniel Coats Republican Joseph Hogsett 16.6 2,211,426
1990 special Class III Daniel Coats Republican Baron P. Hill 7.3 1,502,687
1988 Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican Jack Wickes 36.3 2,099,303
1986 Class III Dan Quayle Republican Jill Lynette Thompson 22.1 1,545,563
1982 Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican Floyd J. Fithian 8.3 1,817,287
1980 flip Class III Dan Quayle Republican Birch Bayh 7.6 2,198,376
1976 flip Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican Rupert Vance Hartke 18.9 2,161,187

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Questions and answers

Who won the most recent Indiana Senate election?

Jim Banks won in 2024 by 19.9 points.

Who are Indiana's U.S. senators?

Jim Banks (Republican, term ends 2031) and Todd Young (Republican, term ends 2029).

When did a Democrat last win a Indiana Senate race?

In 2012, when Joe Donnelly won.

When did a Republican last win a Indiana Senate race?

In 2024, when Jim Banks won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.