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2024 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2024 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Reporting
98.99%
as of Nov. 8, 04:30 PM EST
 
Nominee Jim Banks Valerie McCray
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,650,946 1,091,922
Percentage 58.6% 38.8%

County results
Banks:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McCray:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Mike Braun
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Jim Banks
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Indiana. Republican congressman Jim Banks was elected to his first term, defeating Democratic psychologist Valerie McCray in the general election.[1] Banks will succeed Republican incumbent Mike Braun, who opted instead to run for governor.[2] This was the first election for this seat in which there was no incumbent running since 1958.[a]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Disqualified

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Jim Banks (R)
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Individuals
Political Parties
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 17, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jim Banks (R) $4,731,928 $3,188,805 $2,878,607
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jim
Banks
Mitch
Daniels
Trey
Hollingsworth
Todd
Rokita
Victoria
Spartz
Other Undecided
Bellwether Research December 11–17, 2022 1,000 (LV) 14% 11% 16% 12% 9% 39%
10% 32% 9% 7% 7% 6% 29%
Response:AI[A] December 9–16, 2022 503 (RV) ±4.3% 14% 35% 6% 14% 16%[c] 17%

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Banks 475,729 100.00%
Total votes 475,729 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Valerie McCray, psychologist and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[40]

Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Valerie McCray
Labor unions

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Marc Carmichael (D) $115,161[d] $98,370 $16,125
Valerie McCray (D) $61,506[e] $45,953 $15,684
Keith Potts (D) $99,485[f] $98,302 $1,183
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Results

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Primary results by county:
  McCray
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Carmichael
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Valerie McCray 121,734 68.01%
Democratic Marc Carmichael 57,256 31.99%
Total votes 178,990 100.00%

Libertarian convention

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Nominee

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  • Andy Horning, engineer, perennial candidate, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012[46]

Write-in candidates

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Declared

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[48] Solid R November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[49] Solid R November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[50] Safe R November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[51] Safe R June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[52] Safe R May 4, 2023
CNalysis[53] Solid R November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[54] Solid R August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[55] Safe R October 23, 2024
538[56] Solid R October 23, 2024

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jim Banks (R) $5,553,816 $3,713,830 $3,175,470
Valerie McCray (D) $61,507[g] $45,953 $15,685
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Debate

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2024 United States Senate general election in Indiana debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Banks McCray Horning
1 October 29, 2024 Indiana Debate Commission Laura Merrifield Wilson Video A P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jim
Banks (R)
Valerie
McCray (D)
Other Undecided
ActiVote October 5–28, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 57% 43%
ActiVote September 3 – October 5, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 56% 44%
ARW Strategies[B] September 23–25, 2024 600 (LV) 49% 35% 16%
Emerson College[C] September 12–13, 2024 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 47% 33% 5%[h] 14%
Emerson College October 1–4, 2023 462 (RV) ± 4.4% 31% 22% 8%[i] 39%

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in Indiana[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Banks 1,650,946 58.6%
Democratic Valerie McCray 1,091,922 38.8%
Libertarian Andy Horning 72,899 2.6%
Total votes 2,815,767 100.0%
Republican hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Richard Lugar ran for re-election to a seventh term in 2012, but lost in the Republican primary to Richard Mourdock.
  2. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Jennifer Ruth-Green with 4%; Curtis Hill with 2%; "Someone else" with 10%
  4. ^ $1,000 of this total was self-funded by Carmichael
  5. ^ $1,407 of this total was self-funded by McCray
  6. ^ $20,345 of this total was self-funded by Potts
  7. ^ $4,407 of this total was self-funded by McCray
  8. ^ Horning (L) with 5%
  9. ^ "Someone else" at 8%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Spartz's campaign.
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by IndyPolitics.org
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill

References

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  3. ^ a b Wright, David (January 17, 2023). "GOP Rep. Jim Banks announces Indiana US Senate campaign". CNN.
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  5. ^ Weaver, Al (January 31, 2023). "Mitch Daniels passes on Senate campaign". The Hill.
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  10. ^ "Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita not seeking higher office". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Weaver, Al (February 1, 2023). "Trump endorses Jim Banks for Indiana Senate seat". The Hill.
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