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Elections in Indiana |
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The 2022 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 8, 2022 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Indiana. Incumbent Republican Senator Todd Young was reelected to a second term.[1]
Young announced on March 2, 2021, that he would be running for a second term.[2] He was first elected to the Senate in 2016 with 52.1% of the vote, succeeding retiring U.S. Senator Dan Coats. Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. ran for the Democratic nomination. Both ran unopposed and won their respective primaries on May 3, 2022. This election was the first time since 1986 that the United States Senate election in Indiana to the Class 3 Senate seat did not feature either Dan Coats or Evan Bayh.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young (incumbent) | 372,738 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 372,738 | 100.0% |
On February 18, 2022, the Indiana Election Commission removed Democratic candidates Haneefah Khaaliq and Valerie McCray, as well as Republican candidate Danny Niederberger, from the primary ballot.[10] On February 4, 2022, McDermott campaign adviser Kevin Smith said the campaign would look closely at whether Khaaliq and McCray met the ballot requirements and that avoiding a primary challenge could benefit McDermott as he entered this year with about $50,000 in campaign cash.[11] Khaaliq then conducted an investigation[12] and discovered that the individual who filed the challenge against both her and McCray was Scott Yahne, an attorney who was a close friend and ally of McDermott.[13]
As a result of the findings, Khaaliq filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Election Commission[14] and announced her decision to proceed as a write-in candidate in the 2022 general election. Khaaliq was the first African American to run for the U.S. Senate in a general election in Indiana's history.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas McDermott Jr. | 173,466 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 173,466 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[22] | Solid R | March 4, 2022 |
Inside Elections[23] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] | Safe R | March 1, 2022 |
Politico[25] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
RCP[26] | Safe R | February 24, 2022 |
Fox News[27] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
DDHQ[28] | Solid R | July 20, 2022 |
538[29] | Solid R | July 6, 2022 |
The Economist[30] | Safe R | September 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Todd Young (R) |
Thomas McDermott Jr. (D) |
James Sceniak (L) |
Other | Undecided |
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Civiqs | November 4–7, 2022 | 707 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 49% | 38% | – | 9%[b] | 4% |
ARW Strategies | September 25–26, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 39% | 37% | 6% | – | 17% |
Change Research (D)[A] | August 20–24, 2022 | 2,111 (LV) | ± 2.6% | 45% | 42% | – | – | 13% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Todd Young (incumbent) | 1,090,165 | 58.62% | +6.51% | |
Democratic | Thomas McDermott Jr. | 704,411 | 37.87% | -4.54% | |
Libertarian | James Sceniak | 63,814 | 3.43% | -2.04% | |
Write-in | 1,461 | 0.08% | +0.07% | ||
Total votes | 1,859,851 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
Young won 7 of 9 congressional districts.[50]
District | Young | McDermott | Representative |
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1st | 46.1% | 52% | Frank J. Mrvan |
2nd | 65% | 32.4% | Rudy Yakym |
3rd | 66.7% | 30.4% | Jim Banks |
4th | 63.6% | 31.4% | Jim Baird |
5th | 58.5% | 37.2% | Victoria Spartz |
6th | 63.9% | 30.5% | Greg Pence |
7th | 29% | 67.5% | André Carson |
8th | 67.5% | 30% | Larry Bucshon |
9th | 63.7% | 33.2% | Trey Hollingsworth (117th Congress) |
Erin Houchin (118th Congress) |