John Joseph Loughlin

Offices

Indiana House
District 4
In office
Nov 6, 1968 to Nov 4, 1970

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
Secretary of Education (State Supt.)
Statewide
In office
Mar 15, 1971 to Mar 15, 1973

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
John Joseph Loughlin spent 3 years, 11 months, 29 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1970–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1970
54.09%
John Joseph Loughlin*, Democratic, 917,081 votes
45.91%
Richard D. Wells (i), Republican, 778,455 votes
Out of 1,695,536 votes casts, the margin of victory was 138,626 (8.18%)
1972–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1972
55.21%
Harold H. Negley*, Republican, 1,129,636 votes
44.79%
John Joseph Loughlin (i), Democratic, 916,342 votes
Out of 2,045,978 votes casts, the margin of victory was 213,294 (10.42%)
1980–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1980
55.41%
Harold H. Negley (i)*, Republican, 1,155,099 votes
42.67%
John Joseph Loughlin, Democratic, 889,598 votes
 1.92%
Linda Kay Patterson, American, 40,063 votes
Out of 2,084,760 votes casts, the margin of victory was 265,501 (12.74%)
In the 3 races for which we have results, John Joseph Loughlin had a record of 1-2. That includes a record of 1-2 in 3 general elections.