A snap shot of the numbers from past cycles versus the numbers in the 2010 election (as of 11-4-10).
SOS:
Sink-Burris 2002: 60,937; 4.1%
Kole 2006: 54,381; 3.3%
Wherry 2010: 100,847; 5.9%
Auditor:
Parisi 2002: 49,030; 3.4%
Knipe 2010: 78,098; 4.6%
US Senate:
Hager 2000: 33,992; 1.6%
Barger 2004: 27,334; 1.1%
Osborn 2006: 168,820; 12.6% (2-way)
Sink-Burris 2010: 94,562; 5.4%
Combined US House (percentages include all 9 races in each year):
2002: 37,270; 2.4% (9 candidates)
2004: 35,470; 1.5% (7 candidates)
2006: 17,324; 1.0% (2 candidates)
2008: 47,306; 1.8% (5 candidates)
2010: 84,518; 4.8% (9 candidates)