(Numbers based on reporting by Clerks and the IED as of the evening of November, 8, 2012. Numbers and percentages will fluctuate slightly until results certified.)
US President: Gov. Gary Johnson posted results just below 49k votes. This is a 68% increase over Barr in 2008 and a 172% increase over Badnarik in 2004. His percentage is coming in at 1.9% (Barr was 1.1% in 2008 while Badnarik pulled 0.7%).
US Senate: Andrew Horning received about 145k votes and 5.8%. His vote totals represent a 53% increase over Rebecca Sink-Burris in 2010. Sink-Burris did pull 5.4%, so presidential turnout did help Horning’s gross vote total. However, the last time the LPIN had a US Senate seat up in a presidential cycle was 2004 when Al Barger cleared just 27k votes (1.1%). Interestingly, Horning is just 24k votes short of Steve Osborn’s total in his 2-way race with Lugar in 2006.
US House Races: The LPIN’s five candidates combined for 59k votes which is a 25% increase over 2008 which was also a presidential cycle featuring five LP candidates on the ballot. The 59k is 25k short of the party’s gross vote record in 2010 when the LPIN filled the entire US House slate. Statewide, LP candidates achieved 2.4% of the total US House vote; that number goes up to 4.2% for just the contested races. This is down, however, from 4.8% in 2010. Rex Bell is the first LP Congressional candidate in Indiana to win four precincts in Wayne County and tied for first in one. Bell also won a precinct in Henry County.
IN Governor: Rupert Boneham has just cleared 100k with the latest totals which is good for 4.0%. This is a 75% increase over Andy in 2008, and a 217% increase over Kenn Gividen in 2004. The 4.0% nearly doubles Andy’s 2.1% in 2008 and is far better than the 1.3% of Gividen in 2004.
Results over the last Decade for Libertarians:
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%
Horning 2012: 144,806; 5.8%
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)
2012: 59,088; 2.4% (5 candidates)
Governor:
Gividen 2004: 31,664; 1.3%
Horning 2008: 57,376; 2.1%
Boneham 2012: 100,335; 4.0%
President:
Badnarik 2004: 18,058; 0.7%
Barr 2008: 29,257; 1.1%
Johnson 2012: 49,194; 1.9%
Auditor:
Parisi 2002: 49,030; 3.4%
Knipe 2010: 78,098; 4.6%
SOS:
Sink-Burris 2002: 60,937; 4.1%
Kole 2006: 54,381; 3.3%
Wherry 2010: 100,847; 5.9%
IN House 54:
Bond 2004: 1194; 4.4% (3 way)
Bell 2006: 2775; 14.3% (3 way)
Bell 2008: 8374; 33.5% (2-way)
Bell 2010: 3846, 20.8% (3 way)
Morrell 2012: 5834; 26.9% (2-way)