1986 United States Senate election in Indiana

1986 United States Senate election in Indiana

November 5, 1986

Nominee Dan Quayle Jill L. Long Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 936,143 595,192 Percentage 60.6% 38.5%

County Results Quayle:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Long:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Dan Quayle Republican Elected U.S. Senator Dan Quayle Republican

The 1986 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 5, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan Quayle won re-election to a second term.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Jill L. Long, Valparaiso City Councilwoman

Republican

• Dan Quayle, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1980

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Quayle (incumbent)	936,143	60.57%
	Democratic	Jill L. Long	595,192	38.51%
	Libertarian	Bradford Warren	8,314	0.54%
	American	Rockland Snyder	5,914	0.38%
Majority			340,951	22.06%
Turnout			1,545,563
	Republican hold

See also

• 1986 United States Senate elections