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2022 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2022 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Nominee Todd Young Thomas McDermott Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,090,165 704,411
Percentage 58.62% 37.87%
Young:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McDermott:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Todd Young
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Todd Young
Republican

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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 Senator Todd Young won 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 fellow Republican 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 was the first election since 1986 for Indiana's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat where neither Dan Coats nor Evan Bayh were on the ballot.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Removed from ballot

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Results

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Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Young (incumbent) 372,738 100.0%
Total votes 372,738 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Removed from ballot

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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]

Declined

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Results

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Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas McDermott Jr. 173,466 100.0%
Total votes 173,466 100.0%

Libertarian convention

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • James Sceniak, activist and behavior therapist[19]

Eliminated at convention

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Write-ins

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Antonio Xavier Alvarez
  • Thomas Baer
  • Phillip Beachy
  • Haneefah Khaaliq, professor at Indiana University[20]
  • Danny Niederberger
  • David G. Storer

Withdrew/disqualified

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  • Ellen Kizik, retail worker[21]

General election

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Incumbent Senator Todd Young sought re-election in 2022. In 2016, Young was initially perceived as the underdog when Former Senator Evan Bayh was chosen to replace Representative Baron Hill.[22][23] Bayh, an Indiana political giant, was considered the frontrunner until he faced criticism for many of his post-senatorial activities, allowing Young to gain momentum and secure a decisive victory.[24]

In March 2021, Young announced he would seek a second term.[25]

Young's main opponent in the election was Thomas McDermott Jr., the longtime mayor of Hammond, Indiana.[26] McDermott ran as a moderate, criticizing Young for his ties to the Republican establishment and emphasizing his pro-choice stance in light of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision.[27] Young, on the other hand, focused on issues like inflation and border security, directing most of his attacks at President Joe Biden rather than McDermott.[28][29] While early polls indicated a close race,[30] a poll conducted around Election Day showed Young with a comfortable lead.[31]

On October 16, three weeks before the election, the only debate was held which featured Young, McDermontt, and Libertarian Nominee James Sceniak. The Debate centered on a number of issues, including The Economy, Immigration/Border security, and Climate change, among others. Young, mainly focused on Immigration, while avoiding attacking his opponents, McDermott attacked Young relentlessly throughout the debate, even stating “When Senator Young supports spending, it is good inflation, but when he doesn't support it, that is bad inflation. The chips act is a spending bill. Todd Young helped to add to our nation inflation problem”.[32]

Young went on to win the election easily, outperforming his 2016 performance by 11 points and receiving nearly 59% of the vote to McDermott's 38%.[33]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[34] Solid R March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[35] Solid R April 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[36] Safe R March 1, 2022
Politico[37] Solid R April 1, 2022
RCP[38] Safe R February 24, 2022
Fox News[39] Solid R May 12, 2022
DDHQ[40] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[41] Solid R July 6, 2022
The Economist[42] Safe R September 7, 2022

Endorsements

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Todd Young (R)

Organizations

Newspapers

Thomas McDermott Jr. (D)

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Labor unions

Organizations

Haneefah Khaaliq (I) (write-in)

Organizations

  • Freethought Equality Fund[60]
  • Indiana Civil Rights Agency

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Todd
Young (R) 		Thomas
McDermott Jr. (D) 		James
Sceniak (L) 		Other Undecided
Civiqs[61] November 4–7, 2022 707 (LV) ± 4.7% 49% 38% – 9%[b] 4%
ARW Strategies[62] September 25–26, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 39% 37% 6% – 17%
Change Research (D)[63][A] August 20–24, 2022 2,111 (LV) ± 2.6% 45% 42% – – 13%

Results

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State Senate results
State House results
2022 United States Senate election in Indiana[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Young won 7 of 9 congressional districts.[65]

District Young McDermott Representative
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)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Someone else" with 9%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ This poll was sponsored by McDermott's campaign

References

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Official campaign websites

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