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1990 Indiana U.S. Senate Special

Indiana · 2 candidates · See every 1990 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1990 Indiana U.S. Senate Special?

Dan Coats won the 1990 Indiana U.S. Senate Special. Dan Coats received 806,048 popular votes (53.64%). The main challenger was Baron P. Hill (46.36%).

See the full head-to-head between Coats and Hill

Coats +7.3 pts · won by 109,409 votes
Dan CoatsRepublicanWINNER53.64%
806,048 votes
Baron P. HillDemocratic46.36%
696,639 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.