Dan Coats
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- May 16, 1943
- Current age
- 83
- Home state
- Indiana
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1980–2010
8-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Coats3.6M
Opponents2.8M
8
Elections run
Between 1980 and 2010, Dan Coats ran in 8 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 8. Coats's biggest single-election total was 1,267,972 votes, in the 1992 U.S. Senate election in Indiana. Coats's closest win came in the 1980 U.S. House election in Indiana's District 4, decided by 42,513 votes.
Browse every U.S. Senate election in Indiana, every U.S. House race in Indiana's District 4, or all 2010 U.S. Senate races.
How many votes has Dan Coats received?
Dan Coats has received 3,618,688 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 8–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | U.S. SenateIndiana | Won | 952,11654.58% | Brad Ellsworth Rebecca Sink-Burris |
| 1992 | U.S. SenateIndiana | Won | 1,267,97257.34% | Joseph H. Hogsett Steve Dillon Raymond Tirado |
| 1990 | U.S. SenateIndiana · Special | Won | 806,04853.64% | Baron P. Hill |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 132,84362.15% | Jill Lynette Long |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 99,86569.56% | Gregory Alan Scher Stephen L. Dasbach |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 129,67460.85% | Michael H. Barnard John B. Cameron Jr. (head-to-head) Joseph F. Laiacona |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 110,11564.32% | Roger M. Miller John B. Cameron Jr. (head-to-head) |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 120,05560.53% | John D. Walda Stephen G. Hope |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000542) and Wikidata (Q632321). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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