Willard Wayne Townsend

Offices

Indiana House
Blackford, Grant Counties
In office
Nov 5, 1958 to Nov 9, 1960

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
Indiana House
Blackford, Grant Counties
In office
Nov 7, 1962 to Nov 9, 1966

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Indiana Senate
District 13
In office
Nov 4, 1970 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 19
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 5, 1986

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Redistricting
Left: Did Not Run
Willard Wayne Townsend spent 22 years, 13 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1984–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1984
52.16%
Robert Dunkerson Orr (i)*, Republican, 1,146,497 votes
Lt. Governor: John Massie Mutz
47.18%
Willard Wayne Townsend, Democratic, 1,036,922 votes
Lt. Governor: Ann DeLaney
 0.34%
Rockland R. Snyder, American, 7,455 votes
Lt. Governor: Shirley M. Gephart
 0.32%
James A. Ridenour, Libertarian, 7,114 votes
Lt. Governor: E. Benton Tackitt, III
Out of 2,197,988 votes casts, the margin of victory was 109,575 (4.98%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, Willard Wayne Townsend had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.