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.

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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%)
• John Neff (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%)
• David Lee Hoagland (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%)
• Jack Wickes (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%)
• Barbara Bourland (LBT) - 17,343 (1.12%)
• Mary Catherine Barton (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%)
• Richard P. Bosa - 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%)
• David L. Johnson (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%)
• Mark Pool (I) (write-in) - 444 (0.03%)
• Jack H. Baldwin (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%)