Roy T. Combs

Offices

State Comptroller (Auditor)
Statewide
In office
Dec 1, 1956 to Dec 1, 1958

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
2 years
Roy T. Combs spent 2 years in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1956–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1956
55.80%
Roy T. Combs*, Republican, 1,083,495 votes
43.80%
Joe Brogdon, Democratic, 850,636 votes
 0.34%
William Oesch, Prohibition, 6,550 votes
 0.06%
Lawrence J. O'Bryant, Socialist Labor, 1,224 votes
Out of 1,941,905 votes casts, the margin of victory was 232,859 (12.00%)
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1958–State Comptroller (Auditor) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1958
54.70%
Albert Steinwedel*, Democratic, 934,609 votes
44.55%
Roy T. Combs (i), Republican, 761,209 votes
 0.75%
Raymond M. Morris, Prohibition, 12,835 votes
Out of 1,708,653 votes casts, the margin of victory was 173,400 (10.15%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Roy T. Combs had a record of 1-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections.