2004 United States Senate election in Indiana
The 2004 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Evan Bayh won re-election to a second term. As of, this is the last time the Democrats have won the Class 3 Senate Seat from Indiana.Major candidates
Democratic
In September, Bayh had $6.5 million cash on hand. Scott's strategy of trying to paint Bayh as too liberal failed to gain traction.
Bayh was viewed early in 2004 as a serious vice presidential candidate for John Kerry. Bayh was on the final shortlist for a Kerry running mate, but North Carolina Senator John Edwards was chosen as Kerry's running mate.Results
Overall
Bayh won 86 of Indiana's counties compared to 6 for Scott.
| County | Bayh | Votes | Scott | Votes | Barger | Votes | Total |
| Adams | 57.4% | 7,551 | 41.6% | 5,476 | 1.0% | 126 | 13,153 |
| Allen | 57.8% | 74,011 | 41.3% | 52,845 | 0.9% | 1,126 | 127,982 |
| Bartholomew | 58.4% | 16,507 | 40.4% | 11,422 | 1.1% | 316 | 28,245 |
| Benton | 63.0% | 2,501 | 35.3% | 1,400 | 1.7% | 69 | 3,970 |
| Blackford | 69.1% | 3,694 | 30.1% | 1,609 | 0.8% | 42 | 5,345 |
| Boone | 48.8% | 11,074 | 50.0% | 11,343 | 1.1% | 255 | 22,672 |
| Brown | 59.7% | 4,336 | 38.6% | 2,803 | 1.7% | 125 | 7,264 |
| Carroll | 59.7% | 5,067 | 39.3% | 3,331 | 1.0% | 85 | 8,483 |
| Cass | 56.8% | 7,873 | 42.1% | 5,829 | 1.1% | 159 | 13,861 |
| Clark | 62.8% | 26,054 | 36.4% | 15,091 | 0.9% | 368 | 41,513 |
| Clay | 64.9% | 6,928 | 34.0% | 3,629 | 1.0% | 112 | 10,669 |
| Clinton | 56.3% | 6,600 | 42.8% | 5,011 | 0.9% | 108 | 11,719 |
| Crawford | 63.6% | 2,832 | 35.3% | 1,572 | 1.1% | 47 | 4,451 |
| Daviess | 56.4% | 5,891 | 42.6% | 4,447 | 1.0% | 107 | 10,445 |
| Dearborn | 45.7% | 9,264 | 52.7% | 10,675 | 1.5% | 311 | 20,250 |
| Decatur | 61.3% | 6,173 | 37.8% | 3,808 | 0.9% | 88 | 10,069 |
| DeKalb | 56.2% | 8,529 | 43.0% | 6,523 | 0.9% | 132 | 15,184 |
| Delaware | 69.5% | 32,312 | 29.3% | 13,627 | 1.2% | 580 | 46,519 |
| Dubois | 66.2% | 11,166 | 33.0% | 5,560 | 0.8% | 136 | 16,862 |
| Elkhart | 51.2% | 31,186 | 47.9% | 29,168 | 0.9% | 546 | 60,900 |
| Fayette | 64.0% | 5,961 | 34.5% | 3,212 | 1.4% | 134 | 9,307 |
| Floyd | 62.1% | 20,898 | 36.9% | 12,412 | 1.0% | 332 | 33,642 |
| Fountain | 60.1% | 4,532 | 39.2% | 2,955 | 0.8% | 60 | 7,547 |
| Franklin | 53.5% | 5,247 | 44.8% | 4,395 | 1.7% | 171 | 9,813 |
| Fulton | 60.7% | 5,264 | 38.3% | 3,324 | 1.0% | 91 | 8,679 |
| Gibson | 69.6% | 10,110 | 29.5% | 4,289 | 0.9% | 129 | 14,528 |
| Grant | 61.4% | 16,620 | 37.6% | 10,189 | 0.9% | 256 | 27,065 |
| Greene | 64.7% | 8,336 | 34.2% | 4,402 | 1.1% | 137 | 12,875 |
| Hamilton | 46.4% | 48,001 | 52.6% | 54,408 | 0.9% | 970 | 103,379 |
| Hancock | 52.3% | 14,548 | 46.6% | 12,941 | 1.1% | 309 | 27,798 |
| Harrison | 59.0% | 10,094 | 39.9% | 6,824 | 1.1% | 180 | 17,098 |
| Hendricks | 48.0% | 24,844 | 51.1% | 26,441 | 0.9% | 486 | 51,771 |
| Henry | 62.6% | 12,666 | 36.1% | 7,312 | 1.3% | 254 | 20,232 |
| Howard | 58.9% | 21,732 | 40.1% | 14,776 | 1.0% | 368 | 36,876 |
| Huntington | 52.8% | 8,125 | 46.2% | 7,103 | 1.0% | 160 | 15,388 |
| Jackson | 62.2% | 10,071 | 36.7% | 5,944 | 1.1% | 171 | 16,186 |
| Jasper | 49.2% | 5,727 | 49.6% | 5,772 | 1.1% | 130 | 11,629 |
| Jay | 63.5% | 5,117 | 35.3% | 2,845 | 1.2% | 94 | 8,056 |
| Jefferson | 61.4% | 7,794 | 37.5% | 4,764 | 1.1% | 142 | 12,700 |
| Jennings | 60.9% | 6,349 | 37.9% | 3,944 | 1.2% | 125 | 10,418 |
| Johnson | 53.2% | 27,149 | 45.8% | 23,330 | 1.0% | 506 | 50,985 |
| Knox | 71.5% | 11,130 | 27.5% | 4,275 | 1.0% | 155 | 15,560 |
| Kosciusko | 45.7% | 12,554 | 53.0% | 14,574 | 1.3% | 369 | 27,497 |
| LaGrange | 54.3% | 4,865 | 44.7% | 4,006 | 1.0% | 90 | 8,961 |
| Lake | 71.4% | 130,450 | 27.3% | 49,919 | 1.3% | 2,320 | 182,689 |
| LaPorte | 69.7% | 28,826 | 28.3% | 11,685 | 2.0% | 840 | 41,351 |
| Lawrence | 52.4% | 9,132 | 46.2% | 8,064 | 1.4% | 242 | 17,438 |
| Madison | 64.3% | 34,379 | 34.7% | 18,541 | 1.0% | 524 | 53,444 |
| Marion | 66.0% | 210,107 | 33.0% | 104,819 | 1.0% | 3,047 | 317,973 |
| Marshall | 57.5% | 10,111 | 41.5% | 7,293 | 1.0% | 174 | 17,578 |
| Martin | 66.7% | 3,297 | 32.1% | 1,587 | 1.2% | 58 | 5,058 |
| Miami | 54.5% | 7,339 | 44.3% | 5,967 | 1.2% | 168 | 13,474 |
| Monroe | 68.9% | 33,821 | 29.3% | 14,396 | 1.8% | 880 | 49,097 |
| Montgomery | 59.9% | 8,651 | 39.0% | 5,635 | 1.1% | 159 | 14,445 |
| Morgan | 50.1% | 12,878 | 48.7% | 12,498 | 1.2% | 313 | 25,689 |
| Newton | 55.7% | 3,225 | 42.7% | 2,475 | 1.6% | 91 | 5,791 |
| Noble | 57.0% | 8,853 | 42.0% | 6,527 | 1.0% | 160 | 15,540 |
| Ohio | 54.4% | 1,572 | 44.3% | 1,282 | 1.3% | 37 | 2,891 |
| Orange | 61.1% | 5,056 | 37.8% | 3,127 | 1.1% | 89 | 8,272 |
| Owen | 60.5% | 4,538 | 38.0% | 2,851 | 1.5% | 114 | 7,503 |
| Parke | 65.9% | 4,480 | 33.0% | 2,249 | 1.1% | 78 | 6,807 |
| Perry | 71.6% | 5,790 | 27.6% | 2,234 | 0.8% | 62 | 8,086 |
| Pike | 69.8% | 4,209 | 29.3% | 1,765 | 1.0% | 59 | 6,033 |
| Porter | 63.9% | 39,876 | 34.3% | 21,411 | 1.9% | 1,159 | 62,446 |
| Posey | 69.0% | 8,052 | 30.2% | 3,523 | 0.8% | 88 | 11,663 |
| Pulaski | 59.1% | 3,328 | 39.7% | 2,236 | 1.2% | 65 | 5,629 |
| Putnam | 59.1% | 7,683 | 39.9% | 5,185 | 1.0% | 134 | 13,002 |
| Randolph | 61.9% | 6,625 | 36.8% | 3,943 | 1.2% | 133 | 10,701 |
| Ripley | 53.3% | 6,212 | 45.3% | 5,282 | 1.4% | 168 | 11,662 |
| Rush | 58.7% | 4,316 | 40.2% | 2,962 | 1.1% | 83 | 7,361 |
| Saint Joseph | 70.0% | 75,340 | 29.2% | 31,372 | 0.8% | 886 | 107,598 |
| Scott | 70.7% | 6,070 | 28.3% | 2,435 | 1.0% | 85 | 8,590 |
| Shelby | 56.7% | 8,986 | 42.4% | 6,717 | 0.9% | 136 | 15,839 |
| Spencer | 65.7% | 6,495 | 33.6% | 3,317 | 0.7% | 74 | 9,886 |
| Starke | 67.8% | 6,108 | 30.6% | 2,762 | 1.6% | 142 | 9,012 |
| Steuben | 58.7% | 7,447 | 40.0% | 5,070 | 1.3% | 169 | 12,686 |
| Sullivan | 73.6% | 6,072 | 25.4% | 2,099 | 1.0% | 79 | 8,250 |
| Switzerland | 59.6% | 2,148 | 38.9% | 1,404 | 1.5% | 53 | 3,605 |
| Tippecanoe | 63.5% | 32,766 | 34.9% | 18,002 | 1.6% | 837 | 51,605 |
| Tipton | 58.5% | 4,557 | 40.4% | 3,142 | 1.1% | 87 | 7,786 |
| Union | 54.6% | 1,777 | 43.6% | 1,417 | 1.8% | 58 | 3,252 |
| Vanderburgh | 67.6% | 46,088 | 31.2% | 21,242 | 1.2% | 817 | 68,147 |
| Vermillion | 78.0% | 5,468 | 21.1% | 1,480 | 0.9% | 66 | 7,014 |
| Vigo | 75.3% | 29,828 | 23.5% | 9,307 | 1.2% | 492 | 39,627 |
| Wabash | 51.6% | 6,853 | 47.5% | 6,313 | 0.8% | 111 | 13,277 |
| Warren | 61.1% | 2,357 | 37.7% | 1,454 | 1.2% | 48 | 3,859 |
| Warrick | 62.2% | 15,572 | 37.0% | 9,260 | 0.8% | 205 | 25,037 |
| Washington | 58.4% | 6,270 | 40.1% | 4,304 | 1.5% | 156 | 10,730 |
| Wayne | 58.5% | 16,081 | 39.4% | 10,821 | 2.1% | 584 | 27,486 |
| Wells | 53.5% | 6,532 | 45.7% | 5,583 | 0.8% | 103 | 12,218 |
| White | 64.4% | 6,667 | 34.6% | 3,589 | 1.0% | 108 | 10,364 |
| Whitley | 55.6% | 7,405 | 43.3% | 5,761 | 1.1% | 146 | 13,312 |
