John Dillon

Offices

Attorney General
Statewide
In office
Jan 1, 1965 to Jan 1, 1969

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
4 years, 1 day
John Dillon spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1960–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1960
50.60%
Edwin K. Steers (i)*, Republican, 1,066,199 votes
49.14%
John Dillon, Democratic, 1,035,485 votes
 0.27%
Zoe M. Wyatt, Prohibition, 5,615 votes
Out of 2,107,299 votes casts, the margin of victory was 30,714 (1.46%)
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1964–Attorney General WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1964
54.54%
John Dillon*, Democratic, 1,111,577 votes
45.40%
Edwin K. Steers (i), Republican, 925,267 votes
 0.06%
Theodore Nastoff, Socialist Labor, 1,223 votes
Out of 2,038,067 votes casts, the margin of victory was 186,310 (9.14%)
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1968–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1968
51.98%
Theodore L. Sendak*, Republican, 1,043,059 votes
48.02%
John Dillon (i), Democratic, 963,698 votes
Out of 2,006,757 votes casts, the margin of victory was 79,361 (3.96%)
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In the 3 races for which we have results, John Dillon had a record of 1-2. That includes a record of 1-2 in 3 general elections.