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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | George Walker Bush(Incumbent) | 1,479,438 | 59.94% | ||
| Democratic | John Forbes Kerry | 969,011 | 39.26% | ||
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 18,058 | 0.73% | ||
| Write In | Ralph Nader | 1,328 | 0.1% | ||
| Write In | David Cobb | 102 | 0.0% | ||
| Write In | John Joseph Kennedy | 37 | 0.0% | ||
| Write In | Walt Brown | 22 | 0.0% | ||
| Write In | Lawson Mitchell Bone | 6 | 0.0% | ||
| Majority | 510,427 | 20.68% | |||
| Turnout | 2,468,002 | 58% | |||
Popular Incumbent Evan Bayh won by a considerably large margin, even as George W. Bush won this state by 20 points at the national level.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Evan Bayh (incumbent) | 1,496,976 | 61.7% | ||
| Republican | Marvin Scott | 903,913 | 37.2% | ||
| Libertarian | Albert Barger | 27,344 | 1.1% | ||
| Total votes | 2,428,233 | 100.0% | |||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,381,699 | 57.18% | 7 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 999,082 | 41.35% | 2 | -1 | |
| Libertarian | 35,470 | 1.47% | 0 | - | |
| Totals | 2,416,251 | 100.00% | 9 | - | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Mitch Daniels | 1,302,912 | 53.21% | +11.54% | |
| Democratic | Joe Kernan (incumbent) | 1,113,900 | 45.49% | −11.06% | |
| Libertarian | Kenn Gividen | 31,664 | 1.29% | −0.48% | |
| Write-ins | 22 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 189,012 | 7.72% | −7.16% | ||
| Turnout | 2,448,498 | 57% | |||
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Incumbent Joe Kernan lost in an upset against Mitch Daniels (former Director of theOffice of Management and Budget under George W. Bush), this was the first time that the Republicans had held the office in 16 years, and that the Republican Party had control of most of the most important statewide offices
Incumbent RepublicanSteve Carter won with 59% of the vote against DemocratJoseph Hogsett (former Secretary of State and Chair of theIndiana Democratic Party)
