Joseph H. Hogsett

Offices

Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Jan 9, 1989 to Dec 1, 1994

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Appointed by Governor
Left: Term Limited
Joseph H. Hogsett spent 5 years, 10 months, 23 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1990–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1990
51.83%
Joseph H. Hogsett (i)*, Democratic, 775,163 votes
48.10%
William H. Hudnut, III, Republican, 719,314 votes
 0.06%
Theosie Nunn, Write-In, 971 votes
Out of 1,495,448 votes casts, the margin of victory was 55,849 (3.73%)
1992–U.S. Senate (Class 3) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1992
57.34%
Dan Coats (i)*, Republican, 1,267,972 votes
40.70%
Joseph H. Hogsett, Democratic, 900,148 votes
 1.62%
Steve Dillon, Libertarian, 35,733 votes
 0.34%
Raymond Tirado, New Alliance, 7,474 votes
 0.00%
John L. Plemons, Write-In, 78 votes
 0.00%
Georgia D. Irey, Write-In, 21 votes
Out of 2,211,426 votes casts, the margin of victory was 367,824 (16.64%)
1994–U.S. House (District 2) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1994
54.47%
David M. McIntosh*, Republican, 93,592 votes
45.53%
Joseph H. Hogsett, Democratic, 78,241 votes
Out of 171,833 votes casts, the margin of victory was 15,351 (8.94%)
2004–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2004
58.18%
Steve Carter (i)*, Republican, 1,389,640 votes
39.92%
Joseph H. Hogsett, Democratic, 953,500 votes
 1.89%
Aaron T. Milewski, Libertarian, 45,212 votes
Out of 2,388,352 votes casts, the margin of victory was 436,140 (18.26%)
In the 4 races for which we have results, Joseph H. Hogsett had a record of 1-3. That includes a record of 1-3 in 4 general elections.