Joe Kernan

Offices

Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 13, 1997 to Sep 12, 2003

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
6 years, 7 months, 30 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Sep 13, 2003 to Jan 10, 2005

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Legal Succession
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
1 year, 3 months, 28 days
Joe Kernan spent 7 years, 11 months, 28 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1996–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1996
51.52%
Frank Leslie O'Bannon*, Democratic, 1,087,128 votes
Lt. Governor: Joe Kernan
46.78%
Stephen Goldsmith, Republican, 986,982 votes
Lt. Governor: George Witer
 1.70%
Steve Dillon, Libertarian, 35,805 votes
Lt. Governor: Leona McPherson
 0.01%
Larry G. Evans, Write-In, 109 votes
Lt. Governor: John Charles Peterson
 0.00%
John L. Plemons, Write-In, 23 votes
Out of 2,110,047 votes casts, the margin of victory was 100,146 (4.74%)
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2000–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 2000
56.55%
Frank Leslie O'Bannon (i)*, Democratic, 1,232,525 votes
Lt. Governor: Joe Kernan
41.68%
David M. McIntosh, Republican, 908,285 votes
Lt. Governor: J. Murray Clark
 1.76%
Andy Horning, Libertarian, 38,458 votes
Lt. Governor: Mark Schreiber
 0.01%
Paul Wilson, Write-In, 145 votes
Lt. Governor: Richard A. Crawford
Out of 2,179,413 votes casts, the margin of victory was 324,240 (14.87%)
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2004–Governor WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2004
100.00%
Joe Kernan (i)*, Democratic, 283,924 votes
Out of 283,924 votes casts, the margin of victory was 283,924 (100.00%)
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2004–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2004
53.21%
Mitch Daniels*, Republican, 1,302,912 votes
Lt. Governor: Becky Skillman
45.49%
Joe Kernan (i), Democratic, 1,113,900 votes
Lt. Governor: Kathy Davis
 1.29%
Kenn Gividen, Libertarian, 31,664 votes
Lt. Governor: Elaine Badnarik
Out of 2,448,476 votes casts, the margin of victory was 189,012 (7.72%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Joe Kernan had a record of 3-1. That includes a record of 2-1 in 3 general elections, and 1-0 in 1 primary election.