2006 United States Senate election in Indiana

2006 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee Richard Lugar Steve Osborn
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 1,171,553 168,820
Percentage 87.36% 12.59%

County results
Lugar:      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Lugar
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Lugar
Republican

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.