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2006 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2006 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Nominee Richard Lugar Steve Osborn
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 1,171,553 168,820
Percentage 87.3% 12.6%
2006 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
County results
Lugar:      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
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Richard Lugar
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Lugar
Republican

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The 2006 United States Senate election in Indiana was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Richard Lugar was re-elected to his sixth six-year term with 87.3% of the vote. He did not have a Democratic opponent and only faced opposition from a Libertarian candidate; this was the only U.S. Senate race in 2006 in which Democrats did not field a candidate. This would be the last successful race of Lugar's decades long political career. This is also the last time that Lake, Marion, and Monroe counties have voted for a Republican candidate for Senate. Also, this was last election until 2022 in which an Indiana incumbent senator won re-election (Dan Coats was re-elected in 2010 as a non-incumbent former senator).

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Incumbent

Incumbent

The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position, in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest.

Richard Lugar

Richard Lugar

Richard Green Lugar KBE was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s, with both parties being big tents of competing and often opposing viewpoints. Modern American liberalism — a variant of social liberalism — is the party's majority ideology. The party also has notable centrist, social democratic, and left-libertarian factions.

Lake County, Indiana

Lake County, Indiana

Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point. The county is part of Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area, and contains a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas. It is bordered on the north by Lake Michigan and contains a portion of the Indiana Dunes. It includes Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community in East Chicago.

Marion County, Indiana

Marion County, Indiana

Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 977,203, making it the largest county in the state and 51st most populated county in the country. Indianapolis is the county seat, the state capital, and largest city. Marion County is consolidated with Indianapolis through an arrangement known as Unigov.

Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomington. Monroe County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Dan Coats

Dan Coats

Daniel Ray Coats is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He was the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. Coats served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence while in the U.S. Senate.

Candidates

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Campaign

Lugar faced no opposition from the Democratic Party, as they felt that he was unbeatable. The Indiana Senate race was the only one in 2006 in which the incumbent did not face a challenger from the other major party. Also running was Libertarian Steve Osborn. Osborn was from La Porte, Indiana and was an amateur radio operator. Exit polls projected a landslide victory for Lugar which was borne out by the result.

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Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s, with both parties being big tents of competing and often opposing viewpoints. Modern American liberalism — a variant of social liberalism — is the party's majority ideology. The party also has notable centrist, social democratic, and left-libertarian factions.

Libertarian Party (United States)

Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F. Nolan in Westminster, Colorado, and was officially formed on December 11, 1971, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist, Murray Rothbard. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Nixon administration, the Vietnam War, conscription, and the introduction of fiat money.

La Porte, Indiana

La Porte, Indiana

La Porte is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, Illinois–Indiana–Wisconsin Combined Statistical Area.

Amateur radio

Amateur radio

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorized person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety, or professional two-way radio services.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[1] Solid R November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe R November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[3] Safe R November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[4] Safe R November 6, 2006

Results

Overall

The election was not close as Lugar faced only a Libertarian candidate, as no Democrat filed to run. Osborn's best performance was in Starke County where he received just 23.7% of the vote. This is one of the best statewide showings for a third party candidate in Indiana.

2006 United States Senate election in Indiana[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Lugar (incumbent) 1,171,553 87.3%
Libertarian Steve Osborn 168,820 12.6%
Write-in 738 0.1%
Total votes 1,341,111 100.0%
Republican hold

By county

Lugar won all 92 of Indiana's counties by varying margins.[6]

County Lugar Votes Osborn Votes Other Votes Total
Adams 90.6% 7,143 9.4% 743 0.0% 3 7,889
Allen 89.3% 65,782 10.6% 7,838 0.1% 38 73,658
Bartholomew 90.0% 16,544 10.0% 1,834 0.0% 9 18,387
Benton 87.1% 2,086 12.9% 310 0.0% 0 2,396
Blackford 85.7% 2,902 14.3% 483 0.0% 0 3,385
Boone 91.5% 11,428 8.5% 1,058 0.0% 0 12,486
Brown 84.9% 4,181 15.1% 743 0.0% 1 4,925
Carroll 86.3% 4,859 13.6% 768 0.1% 3 5,630
Cass 88.1% 8,066 11.9% 1,094 0.1% 1 9,161
Clark 86.6% 21,690 13.4% 3,358 0.0% 0 25,048
Clay 86.9% 6,597 13.0% 987 0.1% 4 7,588
Clinton 87.6% 6,076 12.3% 856 0.1% 7 6,939
Crawford 82.6% 2,318 17.4% 488 0.0% 0 2,806
Daviess 91.4% 6,193 8.6% 586 0.0% 1 6,780
Dearborn 83.7% 9,091 16.2% 1,759 0.1% 11 10,861
Decatur 89.7% 5,575 10.3% 660 0.0% 0 6,415
DeKalb 86.4% 7,967 13.6% 1,258 0.0% 0 9,225
Delaware 88.7% 21,571 11.3% 2,740 0.0% 0 24,311
Dubois 90.4% 9,432 9.6% 1,007 0.0% 0 10,439
Elkhart 89.9% 34,342 9.9% 3,798 0.2% 74 38,214
Fayette 83.2% 4,704 16.8% 951 0.0% 0 5,655
Floyd 88.0% 16,941 12.0% 2,300 0.0% 0 19,241
Fountain 86.4% 4,267 13.6% 671 0.0% 0 4,938
Franklin 83.6% 5,061 16.3% 989 0.1% 7 6,057
Fulton 88.7% 5,493 11.3% 697 0.1% 1 6,191
Gibson 92.3% 8,395 7.7% 969 0.0% 2 9,094
Grant 89.4% 13,758 10.6% 1,638 0.0% 0 15,396
Greene 88.0% 7,757 11.7% 1,031 0.3% 28 8,788
Hamilton 92.0% 49,077 7.9% 4,226 0.1% 47 53,350
Hancock 89.6% 13,810 10.4% 1,605 0.0% 0 15,415
Harrison 85.4% 9,484 14.6% 1,625 0.0% 0 11,109
Hendricks 89.8% 25,216 10.1% 2,841 0.1% 15 28,072
Henry 85.4% 10,375 14.6% 1,776 0.0% 0 12,151
Howard 86.2% 17,660 13.7% 2,804 0.1% 25 20,489
Huntington 87.0% 7,392 13.0% 1,104 0.0% 0 8,496
Jackson 89.1% 9,887 10.8% 1,203 0.0% 5 11,095
Jasper 85.3% 5,122 14.6% 876 0.1% 7 6,005
Jay 85.9% 4,850 14.1% 795 0.0% 0 5,645
Jefferson 85.6% 6,838 14.4% 1,150 0.0% 0 7,988
Jennings 87.7% 6,751 12.3% 948 0.0% 0 7,699
Johnson 90.8% 24,333 9.1% 2,434 0.1% 36 26,803
Knox 87.2% 8,764 12.8% 1,290 0.0% 0 10,054
Kosciusko 88.3% 15,231 11.5% 1,983 0.2% 32 17,246
LaGrange 87.4% 5,063 12.6% 730 0.0% 0 5,793
Lake 81.8% 47,868 18.1% 10,575 0.1% 61 58,504
LaPorte 79.9% 18,967 20.1% 4,773 0.0% 0 23,740
Lawrence 87.3% 9,404 12.4% 1,335 0.3% 36 10,775
Madison 85.8% 25,963 14.2% 4,294 0.0% 11 30,268
Marion 89.0% 127,898 11.0% 15,866 0.0% 0 143,764
Marshall 89.7% 10,958 10.3% 1,253 0.0% 0 12,211
Martin 86.4% 2,765 13.6% 435 0.0% 0 3,200
Miami 84.8% 6,771 14.9% 1,192 0.3% 21 7,984
Monroe 83.2% 21,998 16.8% 4,451 0.0% 0 26,449
Montgomery 88.9% 7,639 11.1% 948 0.0% 4 8,591
Morgan 87.7% 12,254 12.3% 1,720 0.0% 0 13,974
Newton 81.8% 2,915 18.2% 647 0.0% 0 3,562
Noble 87.9% 8,800 12.1% 1,209 0.0% 0 10,009
Ohio 80.1% 1,523 19.9% 378 0.0% 0 1,901
Orange 88.2% 4,503 11.8% 605 0.0% 0 5,108
Owen 87.2% 4,418 12.8% 650 0.0% 0 5,068
Parke 89.1% 4,182 10.9% 512 0.0% 1 4,695
Perry 85.9% 3,916 14.1% 640 0.0% 0 4,556
Pike 87.6% 3,649 12.3% 511 0.1% 3 4,163
Porter 81.5% 25,385 18.2% 5,658 0.3% 90 31,133
Posey 89.7% 7,636 10.3% 877 0.0% 0 8,513
Pulaski 85.9% 3,625 14.1% 595 0.0% 2 4,222
Putnam 89.8% 7,352 10.1% 826 0.1% 8 8,186
Randolph 87.5% 5,587 12.5% 799 0.0% 2 6,388
Ripley 84.7% 6,224 15.2% 1,117 0.1% 7 7,348
Rush 89.5% 4,340 10.5% 506 0.0% 2 4,848
Saint Joseph 88.8% 52,437 11.2% 6,587 0.0% 0 59,024
Scott 84.3% 4,267 15.4% 778 0.3% 14 5,059
Shelby 89.5% 9,070 10.2% 1,035 0.3% 26 10,131
Spencer 92.8% 5,483 7.1% 699 0.1% 8 9,777
Starke 76.3% 4,560 23.7% 1,415 0.0% 0 5,975
Steuben 83.6% 6,728 16.4% 1,314 0.0% 2 8,044
Sullivan 85.1% 4,489 14.9% 783 0.0% 0 5,272
Switzerland 77.7% 1,615 22.3% 463 0.0% 0 2,078
Tippecanoe 84.9% 25,707 15.0% 4,535 0.1% 39 30,281
Tipton 88.1% 4,554 11.9% 616 0.0% 0 5,170
Union 85.1% 1,913 14.9% 336 0.0% 0 2,249
Vanderburgh 87.9% 39,898 12.1% 5,474 0.0% 0 45,372
Vermillion 82.9% 3,380 17.1% 696 0.0% 0 4,076
Vigo 86.4% 19,242 13.6% 3,025 0.0% 10 22,277
Wabash 86.9% 5,653 13.1% 855 0.0% 0 6,508
Warren 87.2% 2,221 12.7% 325 0.0% 0 2546
Warrick 89.5% 15,038 10.4% 1,748 0.1% 11 16,797
Washington 85.7% 6,494 14.0% 1,060 0.3% 19 7,575
Wayne 80.5% 10,846 19.5% 2,631 0.0% 0 13,477
Wells 87.9% 7,389 12.1% 1,011 0.0% 2 8,402
White 86.4% 5,930 13.6% 935 0.0% 0 6,865
Whitley 87.5% 7,855 12.5% 1,123 0.0% 0 8,978

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Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.

Adams County, Indiana

Adams County, Indiana

Adams County lies in northeastern Indiana in the United States and shares its eastern border with Ohio. It was officially established in 1836. The county seat is Decatur.

Allen County, Indiana

Allen County, Indiana

Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 385,410, making it the third-most populous county in Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana.

Bartholomew County, Indiana

Bartholomew County, Indiana

Bartholomew County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 82,208 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Columbus. The county was determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to be home to the mean center of U.S. population in 1900.

Benton County, Indiana

Benton County, Indiana

Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is divided into 11 townships which provide local services. The county seat is Fowler.

Blackford County, Indiana

Blackford County, Indiana

Blackford County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. The county is named for Judge Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Created in 1838, Blackford County is divided into four townships, and its county seat is Hartford City. Two incorporated cities and one incorporated town are located within the county. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. Occupying only 165.58 square miles (428.9 km2), Blackford County is the fourth smallest county in Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 12,112. Based on population, the county is the 8th smallest county of the 92 in Indiana. Although no interstate highways are located in Blackford County, three Indiana state roads cross the county, and an additional state road is located along the county's southeast border. The county has two railroad lines. A north–south route crosses the county, and intersects with a second railroad line that connects Hartford City with communities to the west.

Boone County, Indiana

Boone County, Indiana

Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 70,812. The county seat is Lebanon.

Brown County, Indiana

Brown County, Indiana

Brown County is a county in Indiana which in 2010 had a population of 15,242. The county seat is Nashville.

Carroll County, Indiana

Carroll County, Indiana

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 20,155. The county seat is Delphi.

Cass County, Indiana

Cass County, Indiana

Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 38,966. The county seat is Logansport. Cass County comprises the Logansport, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Clark County, Indiana

Clark County, Indiana

Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. At the 2020 census, the population was 121,093. The county seat is Jeffersonville. Clark County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Clay County, Indiana

Clay County, Indiana

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 26,890. The county seat is Brazil.

Source: "2006 United States Senate election in Indiana", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana.

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References
  1. ^ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  6. ^ "United States Senator by County". Indiana Secretary of State. November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
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