2006 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:ElectionsIN 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.
As of 2026, this is the last election where an incumbent Senator won re-election in this seat.
Candidates
Libertarian
- Steve Osborn, radio operator
Republican
- Richard Lugar, incumbent U.S. Senator
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.
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[1] | Template:USRaceRating | November 6, 2006 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Template:USRaceRating | November 6, 2006 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[3] | Template:USRaceRating | November 6, 2006 |
| Real Clear Politics[4] | Template:USRaceRating | November 6, 2006 |
Results
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, receiving just 23.7% of the vote. This is one of the best statewide showings for a third-party candidate in Indiana.
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Lugar (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 87.36% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Steve Osborn | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.59% | ||
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0% | |||
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By county
Lugar won all 92 of Indiana's counties by varying margins.[6]
| County | Lugar | Votes | Osborn | Votes | Other | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Adams | 90.6% | 7,143 | 9.4% | 743 | 0.0% | 3 | 7,889 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Allen | 89.3% | 65,782 | 10.6% | 7,838 | 0.1% | 38 | 73,658 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bartholomew | 90.0% | 16,544 | 10.0% | 1,834 | 0.0% | 9 | 18,387 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benton | 87.1% | 2,086 | 12.9% | 310 | 0.0% | 0 | 2,396 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Blackford | 85.7% | 2,902 | 14.3% | 483 | 0.0% | 0 | 3,385 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boone | 91.5% | 11,428 | 8.5% | 1,058 | 0.0% | 0 | 12,486 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown | 84.9% | 4,181 | 15.1% | 743 | 0.0% | 1 | 4,925 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Carroll | 86.3% | 4,859 | 13.6% | 768 | 0.1% | 3 | 5,630 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cass | 88.1% | 8,066 | 11.9% | 1,094 | 0.1% | 1 | 9,161 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clark | 86.6% | 21,690 | 13.4% | 3,358 | 0.0% | 0 | 25,048 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clay | 86.9% | 6,597 | 13.0% | 987 | 0.1% | 4 | 7,588 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton | 87.6% | 6,076 | 12.3% | 856 | 0.1% | 7 | 6,939 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Crawford | 82.6% | 2,318 | 17.4% | 488 | 0.0% | 0 | 2,806 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daviess | 91.4% | 6,193 | 8.6% | 586 | 0.0% | 1 | 6,780 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dearborn | 83.7% | 9,091 | 16.2% | 1,759 | 0.1% | 11 | 10,861 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Decatur | 89.7% | 5,575 | 10.3% | 660 | 0.0% | 0 | 6,415 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | DeKalb | 86.4% | 7,967 | 13.6% | 1,258 | 0.0% | 0 | 9,225 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Delaware | 88.7% | 21,571 | 11.3% | 2,740 | 0.0% | 0 | 24,311 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dubois | 90.4% | 9,432 | 9.6% | 1,007 | 0.0% | 0 | 10,439 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Elkhart | 89.9% | 34,342 | 9.9% | 3,798 | 0.2% | 74 | 38,214 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fayette | 83.2% | 4,704 | 16.8% | 951 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,655 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Floyd | 88.0% | 16,941 | 12.0% | 2,300 | 0.0% | 0 | 19,241 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fountain | 86.4% | 4,267 | 13.6% | 671 | 0.0% | 0 | 4,938 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Franklin | 83.6% | 5,061 | 16.3% | 989 | 0.1% | 7 | 6,057 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fulton | 88.7% | 5,493 | 11.3% | 697 | 0.1% | 1 | 6,191 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gibson | 92.3% | 8,395 | 7.7% | 969 | 0.0% | 2 | 9,094 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Grant | 89.4% | 13,758 | 10.6% | 1,638 | 0.0% | 0 | 15,396 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Greene | 88.0% | 7,757 | 11.7% | 1,031 | 0.3% | 28 | 8,788 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hamilton | 92.0% | 49,077 | 7.9% | 4,226 | 0.1% | 47 | 53,350 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hancock | 89.6% | 13,810 | 10.4% | 1,605 | 0.0% | 0 | 15,415 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harrison | 85.4% | 9,484 | 14.6% | 1,625 | 0.0% | 0 | 11,109 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hendricks | 89.8% | 25,216 | 10.1% | 2,841 | 0.1% | 15 | 28,072 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry | 85.4% | 10,375 | 14.6% | 1,776 | 0.0% | 0 | 12,151 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Howard | 86.2% | 17,660 | 13.7% | 2,804 | 0.1% | 25 | 20,489 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Huntington | 87.0% | 7,392 | 13.0% | 1,104 | 0.0% | 0 | 8,496 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jackson | 89.1% | 9,887 | 10.8% | 1,203 | 0.0% | 5 | 11,095 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jasper | 85.3% | 5,122 | 14.6% | 876 | 0.1% | 7 | 6,005 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jay | 85.9% | 4,850 | 14.1% | 795 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,645 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jefferson | 85.6% | 6,838 | 14.4% | 1,150 | 0.0% | 0 | 7,988 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jennings | 87.7% | 6,751 | 12.3% | 948 | 0.0% | 0 | 7,699 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Johnson | 90.8% | 24,333 | 9.1% | 2,434 | 0.1% | 36 | 26,803 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Knox | 87.2% | 8,764 | 12.8% | 1,290 | 0.0% | 0 | 10,054 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kosciusko | 88.3% | 15,231 | 11.5% | 1,983 | 0.2% | 32 | 17,246 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | LaGrange | 87.4% | 5,063 | 12.6% | 730 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,793 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lake | 81.8% | 47,868 | 18.1% | 10,575 | 0.1% | 61 | 58,504 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | LaPorte | 79.9% | 18,967 | 20.1% | 4,773 | 0.0% | 0 | 23,740 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lawrence | 87.3% | 9,404 | 12.4% | 1,335 | 0.3% | 36 | 10,775 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Madison | 85.8% | 25,963 | 14.2% | 4,294 | 0.0% | 11 | 30,268 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marion | 89.0% | 127,898 | 11.0% | 15,866 | 0.0% | 0 | 143,764 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marshall | 89.7% | 10,958 | 10.3% | 1,253 | 0.0% | 0 | 12,211 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Martin | 86.4% | 2,765 | 13.6% | 435 | 0.0% | 0 | 3,200 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Miami | 84.8% | 6,771 | 14.9% | 1,192 | 0.3% | 21 | 7,984 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Monroe | 83.2% | 21,998 | 16.8% | 4,451 | 0.0% | 0 | 26,449 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Montgomery | 88.9% | 7,639 | 11.1% | 948 | 0.0% | 4 | 8,591 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Morgan | 87.7% | 12,254 | 12.3% | 1,720 | 0.0% | 0 | 13,974 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newton | 81.8% | 2,915 | 18.2% | 647 | 0.0% | 0 | 3,562 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Noble | 87.9% | 8,800 | 12.1% | 1,209 | 0.0% | 0 | 10,009 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ohio | 80.1% | 1,523 | 19.9% | 378 | 0.0% | 0 | 1,901 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Orange | 88.2% | 4,503 | 11.8% | 605 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,108 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Owen | 87.2% | 4,418 | 12.8% | 650 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,068 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Parke | 89.1% | 4,182 | 10.9% | 512 | 0.0% | 1 | 4,695 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Perry | 85.9% | 3,916 | 14.1% | 640 | 0.0% | 0 | 4,556 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pike | 87.6% | 3,649 | 12.3% | 511 | 0.1% | 3 | 4,163 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Porter | 81.5% | 25,385 | 18.2% | 5,658 | 0.3% | 90 | 31,133 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Posey | 89.7% | 7,636 | 10.3% | 877 | 0.0% | 0 | 8,513 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pulaski | 85.9% | 3,625 | 14.1% | 595 | 0.0% | 2 | 4,222 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Putnam | 89.8% | 7,352 | 10.1% | 826 | 0.1% | 8 | 8,186 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Randolph | 87.5% | 5,587 | 12.5% | 799 | 0.0% | 2 | 6,388 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ripley | 84.7% | 6,224 | 15.2% | 1,117 | 0.1% | 7 | 7,348 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rush | 89.5% | 4,340 | 10.5% | 506 | 0.0% | 2 | 4,848 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Saint Joseph | 88.8% | 52,437 | 11.2% | 6,587 | 0.0% | 0 | 59,024 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Scott | 84.3% | 4,267 | 15.4% | 778 | 0.3% | 14 | 5,059 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Shelby | 89.5% | 9,070 | 10.2% | 1,035 | 0.3% | 26 | 10,131 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Spencer | 92.8% | 5,483 | 7.1% | 699 | 0.1% | 8 | 9,777 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Starke | 76.3% | 4,560 | 23.7% | 1,415 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,975 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Steuben | 83.6% | 6,728 | 16.4% | 1,314 | 0.0% | 2 | 8,044 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sullivan | 85.1% | 4,489 | 14.9% | 783 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,272 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Switzerland | 77.7% | 1,615 | 22.3% | 463 | 0.0% | 0 | 2,078 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tippecanoe | 84.9% | 25,707 | 15.0% | 4,535 | 0.1% | 39 | 30,281 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tipton | 88.1% | 4,554 | 11.9% | 616 | 0.0% | 0 | 5,170 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Union | 85.1% | 1,913 | 14.9% | 336 | 0.0% | 0 | 2,249 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Vanderburgh | 87.9% | 39,898 | 12.1% | 5,474 | 0.0% | 0 | 45,372 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Vermillion | 82.9% | 3,380 | 17.1% | 696 | 0.0% | 0 | 4,076 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Vigo | 86.4% | 19,242 | 13.6% | 3,025 | 0.0% | 10 | 22,277 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wabash | 86.9% | 5,653 | 13.1% | 855 | 0.0% | 0 | 6,508 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Warren | 87.2% | 2,221 | 12.7% | 325 | 0.0% | 0 | 2546 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Warrick | 89.5% | 15,038 | 10.4% | 1,748 | 0.1% | 11 | 16,797 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Washington | 85.7% | 6,494 | 14.0% | 1,060 | 0.3% | 19 | 7,575 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wayne | 80.5% | 10,846 | 19.5% | 2,631 | 0.0% | 0 | 13,477 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wells | 87.9% | 7,389 | 12.1% | 1,011 | 0.0% | 2 | 8,402 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | White | 86.4% | 5,930 | 13.6% | 935 | 0.0% | 0 | 6,865 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Whitley | 87.5% | 7,855 | 12.5% | 1,123 | 0.0% | 0 | 8,978 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
- 2006 United States Senate elections
- 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
References
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