Election Name: | 1992 Indiana gubernatorial election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1988 Indiana gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1988 |
Next Election: | 1996 Indiana gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Image1: | File:Evan Bayh official portrait v2.jpg |
Nominee1: | Evan Bayh |
Running Mate1: | Frank O'Bannon |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,382,151 |
Percentage1: | 62.0% |
Nominee2: | Linley E. Pearson |
Running Mate2: | Robert D. Green |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 822,533 |
Percentage2: | 36.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Evan Bayh |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Evan Bayh |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1992 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor Evan Bayh, a Democrat, won reelection over his Republican challenger, Linley E. Pearson with 62% of the vote. He was the first Democratic governor of Indiana to win reelection since governors became eligible for election to consecutive terms in office in 1972.
, this marks the last occasion that the following counties have voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election: Boone, Daviess, Elkhart, Hamilton, Hendricks, Huntington, Johnson, Kosciusko, Lawrence, Miami, Morgan, Union, Wabash, and Wells.
Incumbent Governor Evan Bayh was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Candidates
The New Alliance Party nominated Mary Barton to be its gubernatorial candidate in 1992. Elmetta Wellington became the nominee for lieutenant governor.
Bayh won the election with 62% of the popular vote to Pearson's 37%. Bayh's total in the popular vote was the largest in recent history.