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Line 1: {{Short description\|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> ~~{{Infobox Election~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=September 2023}} ~~\| election_name = United States Senate special election in Indiana, 1990~~ {{Infobox election ~~\| country = Indiana~~ \| election_name = 1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana ~~\| type = presidential~~ \| country = Indiana ~~\| ongoing = no~~ \| type = presidential ~~\| previous_election = United States Senate election in Indiana, 1986~~ \| ongoing = no ~~\| previous_year = 1986~~ \| ~~next_election~~previous_election = =1986 United States Senate election in Indiana~~, 1992~~ \| previous_year = 1986 ~~\| next_year = 1992~~ \| next_election = 1992 United States Senate election in Indiana ~~\| election_date = November 6, 1990~~ \| next_year = 1992 ~~\| image1 = [[Image:Daniel Coats.jpg\|105px]]~~ \| election_date = November 6, 1990 ~~\| nominee1 = [[Dan Coats]]~~ \| image_size = x150px ~~\| party1 = Republican Party (United States)~~ \| image1 = Dan Coats (R-IN) (cropped).jpg ~~\| popular_vote1 = 806,048~~ \| nominee1 = '''[[Dan Coats]]''' ~~\| percentage1 = 53.6%~~ \| party1 = Republican Party (United States) \| popular_vote1 = '''806,048''' \| percentage1 = '''53.64%''' \| image2 = Baronhill (cropped2).jpg \| nominee2 = [[Baron Hill (politician)\|Baron Hill]] \| party2 = Democratic Party (United States) \| popular_vote2 = 696,639 \| percentage2 = 46.36% \| map_image = 1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana results map by county.svg \| map_size = 250px \| map_caption = County results<br />'''Coats:''' {{legend0\|#e27f7f\|50–60%}} {{legend0\|#d75d5d\|60–70%}} {{legend0\|#d72f30\|70–80%}}<br />'''Hill:''' {{legend0\|#7996e2\|50–60%}} {{legend0\|#6674de\|60–70%}} \| title = U.S. Senator \| before_election = [[Dan Coats]] \| before_party = Republican Party (United States) \| after_election = [[Dan Coats]] \| after_party = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Elections in Indiana}} The '''1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana''' was a [[By-election\|special election]] held on November 6, 1990, in order to fill the [[Classes of United States Senators\|Class III]] seat in the [[United States Senate]] from [[Indiana]] for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 1993. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator [[Dan Coats]], who was recently appointed to this seat two years prior, won election to serve out the remainder of the term. ==Background == ~~\| image2 = [[Image:Baron Hill, official 110th Congress photo.jpg\|110px]]~~ During the [[1988 United States presidential election\|1988 presidential election]], [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] nominee [[Vice President of the United States\|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] selected [[United States Senate\|U.S. Senator]] [[Dan Quayle]] of [[Indiana]] as his vice presidential nominee. The Bush-Quayle ticket defeated the [[Michael Dukakis\|Dukakis]]-[[Lloyd Bentsen\|Bentsen]] ticket in the general election by a 53%-46% margin, capturing 40 states and 426 [[Electoral College (United States)\|electoral votes]]. ~~\| nominee2 = [[Baron Hill]]~~ ~~\| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)~~ ~~\| popular_vote2 = 696,639~~ ~~\| percentage2 = 46.4%~~ In order to assume the vice presidency in January 1989, Quayle was required to resign his seat in the Senate. In preparation for the pending vacancy, [[Governor of Indiana\|Governor]] [[Robert D. Orr]] appointed four-term [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Coats]] to fill Quayle's seat on December 12, 1988. Coats was a former aide to Quayle, whom he had succeeded as U.S. Representative for [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]] in 1981, and had just been elected to a fifth term from that seat. Quayle eventually resigned his Senate seat on January 3, 1989, and Coats was immediately sworn in as his successor. ~~\| title = Senator~~ ~~\| before_election = [[Dan Coats]]~~ ~~\| before_party = Republican Party (United States)~~ ~~\| after_election = [[Dan Coats]]~~ ~~\| after_party = Republican Party (United States)~~ }} ~~{{ElectionsIN}}~~ The '''1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana''' was a [[By-election\|special election]] held on November 6, 1990, in order to fill the [[Classes of United States Senators\|Class III]] seat in the [[United States Senate]] from [[Indiana]] for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 1993. ==~~Background~~Candidates == ===Democratic === During the [[United States presidential election, 1988\|1988 presidential election]], [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] nominee [[Vice President of the United States\|Vice President]] [[George H.W. Bush]] selected [[United States Senate\|U.S. Senator]] [[Dan Quayle]] of [[Indiana]] as his vice presidential nominee. The Bush-Quayle ticket defeated the [[Michael Dukakis\|Dukakis]]-[[Lloyd Bentsen\|Bentsen]] ticket in the general election by a 53%-46% margin, capturing 40 states and 426 [[Electoral College (United States)\|electoral votes]]. * [[Baron Hill (politician)\|Baron Hill]], State Representative ===Republican === In order to assume the Vice Presidency, Quayle was required to resign his seat in the Senate. In preparation for the pending vacancy, [[Governor of Indiana\|Governor]] [[Robert D. Orr]] appointed four-term [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Coats]] to fill Quayle's seat on December 12, 1988. Coats was a former aide to Quayle, whom he had succeeded as U.S. Representative for [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]] in 1980. Quayle eventually resigned his Senate seat on January 3, 1989, and Coats was immediately sworn into office. * [[Dan Coats]], incumbent U.S. Senator ==Campaign == In 1990, a special election was held to decide who would serve the balance of Quayle's term, ending in 1993. Coats faced [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]] [[Baron Hill (politician)\|Baron Hill]], a [[Indiana House of Representatives\|state representative]] from [[Seymour, Indiana\|Seymour]], in the general election. Coats used television commercials that raised questions about Hill's consistency in opposing new taxes, and Hill gained notoriety for walking the length of the state to meet voters. ==Results == {{Election box begin ~~{{Election box begin \| title=1990 United States Senate special election, Indiana<ref>http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf</ref>}}~~ \| title = 1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf \|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990 \| last=Dendy \|first=Dallas L. \|format=PDF}}</ref>}} ~~{{Election box candidate with party link\|~~ {{Election box winning candidate with party link ~~\|party = Republican Party (United States)~~ \| party = Republican Party (United States) ~~\|candidate = [[Dan Coats]] ([[incumbent]])~~ \| candidate = [[Dan Coats]] (incumbent) ~~\|votes = 806,048~~ \| votes = 806,048 ~~\|percentage = 53.6~~ \| percentage = 53.64% ~~\|change = -6.93~~ \| change = -6.93% }} {{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Democratic Party (United States)\|candidate=[[Baron Hill (politician)\|Baron Hill]]\|votes=696,639\|percentage=46.36%\|change=+7.85%}} {{Election box total ~~\|party = Democratic Party (United States)~~ \| votes = 1,502,687 ~~\|candidate = [[Baron Hill]]~~ \| percentage = 100.0% ~~\|votes = 696,639~~ \| change = N/A ~~\|percentage = 46.4~~ ~~\|change = +7.85~~ }} {{Election box ~~majority\|~~hold with party link no swing \| winner = Republican Party (United States) ~~\|votes = 109,409~~ ~~\|percentage = 7.28~~ ~~\|change =~~ }} ~~{{Election box turnout\|~~ ~~\|votes = 1,502,687~~ ~~\|percentage =~~ ~~\|change =~~ }} ~~{{Election box hold with party link\|~~ ~~\|winner = Republican Party (United States)~~ ~~\|swing =~~ }} {{Election box end}} ==Notes == {{reflist}} ==See also == * [[List of United States ~~Senators~~senators from Indiana]] * [[1990 United States Senate elections~~, 1990~~]] {{1990 United States elections}} {{United States Senate elections}} ~~{{DEFAULTSORT:United States Senate special election in Indiana, 1990}}~~ [[Category:United States Senate elections in Indiana\|1990]] [[Category:1990 United States Senate elections~~, 1990~~\|Indiana]] [[Category:1990 Indiana elections\|United States Senate]] [[Category:United States Senate special elections\|Indiana 1990]] [[Category:Indiana special elections\|United States Senate 1990]] [[Category:Special elections to the 101st United States Congress\|Indiana]]