1992 United States Senate election in Indiana


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

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Overall

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.

By county

Coats won 79 of Indiana's counties compared to 13 for Hogsett.
CountyCoatsVotesHogsettVotesOthersVotesTotal
Adams65.8%8,34532.8%4,1491.4%17412,668
Allen63.5%75,99134.7%41,4991.8%2,207119,697
Bartholomew63.4%17,03434.2%9,1782.4%63126,843
Benton59.1%2,44238.5%1,5902.4%984,130
Blackford57.2%3,25341.2%2,3421.6%905,685
Boone72.4%12,04326.2%4,3601.4%23016,633
Brown61.4%3,59136.0%2,1032.6%1495,843
Carroll56.9%4,75241.7%3,4771.4%1178,346
Cass56.5%8,75941.8%6,4701.7%25715,486
Clark43.9%14,20054.9%17,7161.2%37532,291
Clay58.4%5,89040.0%4,0261.6%16110,077
Clinton62.9%7,51435.1%4,1862.0%24411,944
Crawford45.4%2,10953.7%2,4890.9%404,638
Daviess62.0%6,39536.9%3,8091.1%10910,313
Dearborn57.2%7,88240.5%5,5732.3%32213,777
Decatur63.5%6,48134.4%3,5002.1%21910,200
DeKalb63.2%9,11735.3%5,0991.5%21114,427
Delaware58.7%28,81138.7%18,9822.6%1,27949,072
Dubois56.3%8,35942.2%6,2541.5%22114,834
Elkhart68.8%34,64429.7%14,9491.5%76550,358
Fayette53.5%5,33445.0%4,4811.5%1489,963
Floyd47.1%12,84751.9%14,1811.0%27327,301
Fountain54.8%4,56543.0%3,5782.2%1858,328
Franklin58.1%4,54639.2%3,0612.7%2127,819
Fulton59.3%4,87438.7%3,1752.0%1618,210
Gibson47.7%6,93651.1%7,4241.2%17514,535
Grant63.0%17,69635.4%9,9301.6%44528,071
Greene51.7%6,63746.4%5,9541.9%25012,841
Hamilton79.3%43,49018.5%10,1452.2%1,19554,830
Hancock69.8%14,26727.7%5,6482.5%50620,421
Harrison46.5%6,25651.9%6,9821.6%21313,451
Hendricks73.7%23,93824.2%7,8632.1%66832,469
Henry58.1%11,46539.9%7,8732.0%40419,742
Howard57.3%19,30639.8%13,4122.9%97633,122
Huntington68.1%10,51130.8%4,7501.1%16915,430
Jackson57.4%8,59041.1%6,1511.5%23114,972
Jasper61.1%5,87737.5%3,6021.4%1349,613
Jay61.3%5,19537.0%3,1411.7%1428,478
Jefferson48.0%5,83550.0%6,0672.0%24712,149
Jennings55.6%5,22442.0%3,9362.4%2219,381
Johnson71.5%25,06926.0%9,1312.5%87535,075
Knox53.0%8,68344.2%7,2392.8%46416,386
Kosciusko71.8%17,62426.7%6,5331.5%37524,532
LaGrange66.9%4,79231.3%2,2401.8%1287,160
Lake37.2%66,13260.8%108,1742.0%3,627177,933
LaPorte49.5%20,52548.5%20,0822.0%83141,438
Lawrence57.1%9,31541.2%6,7061.7%27516,296
Madison54.3%31,70943.3%25,2792.4%1,43058,418
Marion58.9%179,21339.1%118,7812.0%5,999303,993
Marshall65.0%10,26834.0%5,3571.0%16515,790
Martin51.7%2,68547.3%2,4501.0%545,189
Miami58.4%7,63840.1%5,2481.5%19213,078
Monroe56.0%23,40940.0%16,6854.0%1,65441,748
Montgomery69.6%9,71827.7%3,8602.7%37213,950
Morgan69.3%14,26028.2%5,8072.5%51820,585
Newton59.5%3,02138.0%1,9312.5%1295,081
Noble63.7%8,64634.6%4,6921.7%22513,563
Ohio50.7%1,24447.4%1,1641.9%462,454
Orange54.3%4,28044.0%3,4591.7%1317,870
Owen58.1%3,71638.3%2,4503.6%2276,393
Parke56.0%3,96241.9%2,9582.1%1497,069
Perry41.7%3,75957.3%5,1671.0%919,017
Pike49.4%3,10449.0%3,0844.6%1006,288
Porter55.0%30,86242.9%24,1092.1%1,18856,159
Posey56.6%6,43341.5%4,7201.9%21411,367
Pulaski56.9%3,17642.1%2,3531.0%555,584
Putnam64.7%7,63932.7%3,8642.6%31011,813
Randolph60.6%7,08637.5%4,3721.9%22711,685
Ripley60.6%5,97738.1%3,7541.3%1259,856
Rush51.3%4,09046.7%3,7192.0%1567,965
Saint Joseph54.3%53,26046.7%43,7851.0%99598,040
Scott40.1%2,77858.7%4,0611.2%816,920
Shelby64.9%10,22733.6%5,2991.5%24415,770
Spencer50.2%4,63049.4%4,5490.4%419,220
Starke50.4%4,01447.9%3,8161.7%1387,968
Steuben64.0%6,61134.6%3,5731.4%14710,331
Sullivan45.2%3,64953.1%4,2821.7%1388,069
Switzerland45.5%1,27953.5%1,5001.0%292,808
Tippecanoe60.0%29,12936.8%17,8673.2%1,56148,557
Tipton65.1%5,06333.2%2,5841.7%1297,776
Union59.6%1,70538.4%1,0972.0%572,859
Vanderburgh54.9%41,07943.2%32,3001.9%1,42374,802
Vermillion42.4%3,29355.3%4,2862.3%1787,757
Vigo48.5%19,43649.1%19,6592.4%94840,043
Wabash63.0%8,99235.7%5,0991.3%18914,280
Warren52.2%2,05145.7%1,7932.1%843,928
Warrick55.1%11,29443.1%8,8501.8%37120,515
Washington50.5%4,66148.1%4,4331.4%1259,219
Wayne57.1%15,24640.9%10,9142.0%52426,684
Wells65.5%7,83432.9%3,9261.6%18611,946
White58.7%5,89338.8%3,8952.5%24910,037
Whitley62.2%7,22935.4%4,1072.4%28311,619