1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Indiana election results

Every race on Indiana's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races113

Changed party10

Unopposed22%25 races

Incumbents defeated10

U.S. Senate

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Indiana	Dan Quayle (R)	22.1

D 6 · R 4 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
IN-1	Peter J. Visclosky (D)	47.8
IN-2	Philip Sharp (D)	24.4
IN-3	John Hiler (R)	0.0
IN-4	Daniel Coats (R)	39.5
IN-5	James Jontz (D)	3.4	Flipped
IN-6	Dan Burton (R)	37.5
IN-7	John Myers (R)	35.2
IN-8	Francis McCloskey (D)	6.5
IN-9	Lee Hamilton (D)	44.2
IN-10	Andrew Jacobs (D)	16.6

D 13 · R 12 · 2 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
SD-1	Frank Mrvan (D)	59.1
SD-4	John Bushemi (D)	Unopposed
SD-6	Sue Landske (R)	25.9
SD-11	Joseph C. Zakas (R)	8.7
SD-14	Richard Worman (R)	27.1
SD-15	Thomas J. Wyss (R)	Unopposed
SD-17	Harold H. Wheeler (R)	18.7
SD-19	Larry D. Macklin (D)	2.0
SD-21	Steven R. Johnson (R)	4.8
SD-22	Michael E. Gery (D)	85.3
SD-23	Joseph W. Harrison (R)	Unopposed
SD-25	William D. McCarty (D)	19.6
SD-26	Allie V. Craycraft Jr. (D)	30.1
SD-27	Allen E. Paul (R)	0.5	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-29	William L. Soards (R)	37.6
SD-31	William H. Vobach (R)	30.6
SD-38	Robert F. Hellmann (D)	6.6	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-39	James R. Monk (D)	Unopposed
SD-41	Robert D. Garton (R)	14.1
SD-43	Johnny Nugent (R)	23.1
SD-45	James A. Lewis (D)	20.7
SD-46	Kathy Smith (D)	27.9
SD-47	Frank O'Bannon (D)	Unopposed
SD-48	Lindel O. Hume (D)	Unopposed
SD-49	Joseph F. Oday (D)	37.2

D 48 · R 52 · 7 changed party

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab