Richard L. Roudebush

Offices

U.S. House
District 6
In office
Jan 3, 1961 to Jan 3, 1967

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
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District 10
In office
Jan 3, 1967 to Jan 3, 1969

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 5
In office
Jan 3, 1969 to Jan 3, 1971

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
10 years, 2 days
Richard L. Roudebush spent 10 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1960–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1960
51.97%
Richard L. Roudebush*, Republican, 84,662 votes
48.03%
Fred Wampler (i), Democratic, 78,247 votes
Out of 162,909 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,415 (3.94%)
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1962–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1962
52.66%
Richard L. Roudebush (i)*, Republican, 76,506 votes
47.34%
Fred Wampler, Democratic, 68,777 votes
Out of 145,283 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,729 (5.32%)
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1964–U.S. House (District 6) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1964
54.14%
Richard L. Roudebush (i)*, Republican, 86,168 votes
45.86%
Karl O'Lessker, Democratic, 73,002 votes
Out of 159,170 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,166 (8.28%)
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1966–U.S. House (District 10) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1966
63.40%
Richard L. Roudebush (i)*, Republican, 94,428 votes
36.60%
Robert H. Staton, Democratic, 54,515 votes
Out of 148,943 votes casts, the margin of victory was 39,913 (26.80%)
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1968–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1968
62.96%
Richard L. Roudebush (i)*, Republican, 114,537 votes
37.04%
Robert C. Ford, Democratic, 67,370 votes
Out of 181,907 votes casts, the margin of victory was 47,167 (25.92%)
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1970–U.S. Senate (Class 1) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1970
50.12%
R. Vance Hartke (i)*, Democratic, 870,990 votes
49.88%
Richard L. Roudebush, Republican, 866,707 votes
Out of 1,737,697 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,283 (0.24%)
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In the 6 races for which we have results, Richard L. Roudebush had a record of 5-1. That includes a record of 5-1 in 6 general elections.