state2006 Senate electionIndiana · U.S. SenateLugarR+74.8
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How it voted
Share of the 2006 vote
Richard G. Lugar (i) ✓Republican
87.4%
1,171,553
Steve OsbornIndependent · Libertarian
12.6%
168,820
2006Senate margin
D+60
D+30TieR+30
R+60
92 counties, each filled by 2006 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana Democrats did not nominate a candidate in 2006. Steve Osborn ran as an Independent and was the principal challenger to Richard G. Lugar (R). The county map below is the actual Richard G. Lugar–Steve Osborn contest: Independent-won counties are gold, and major-party-won counties use the true candidate-to-candidate margin. The D–R presidential-baseline comparison is withheld because that axis does not describe this contest.
Indiana's Senate margins
Every comparable D–R contest in our store, 1976–2024 · 2006 is shown above as an R–I contest
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2006 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · county returns aggregated from precinct-level results. Indiana had no Democratic nominee in this contest; the county view is therefore keyed to the actual major-party-versus-Independent matchup rather than a D–R axis. Real returns — nothing estimated.
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