Richard Hamm

Offices

Indiana House
District 56
In office
Nov 7, 2012 to Nov 7, 2018

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Renomination Bid
6 years, 1 day
Richard Hamm spent 6 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2012–Indiana House (District 56) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
50.99%
Richard Hamm*, Republican, 3,673 votes
25.89%
Doug Williamson, Republican, 1,865 votes
23.12%
Mark Ervin, Republican, 1,665 votes
Out of 7,203 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,808 (25.10%)
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2012–Indiana House (District 56) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
49.30%
Richard Hamm*, Republican, 11,568 votes
44.62%
Phillip Pflum (i), Democratic, 10,470 votes
 6.03%
Mark Brim, Libertarian, 1,414 votes
 0.05%
William Eric Atkinson, Write-In, 11 votes
Out of 23,463 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,098 (4.68%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 56) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
100.00%
Richard Hamm (i)*, Republican, 3,083 votes
Out of 3,083 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,083 (100.00%)
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2014–Indiana House (District 56) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
59.28%
Richard Hamm (i)*, Republican, 5,782 votes
33.49%
Phillip Pflum, Democratic, 3,266 votes
 7.23%
Mark Brim, Libertarian, 705 votes
Out of 9,753 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,516 (25.79%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 56) WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
100.00%
Richard Hamm (i)*, Republican, 7,991 votes
Out of 7,991 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,991 (100.00%)
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2016–Indiana House (District 56) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
61.32%
Richard Hamm (i)*, Republican, 14,463 votes
38.68%
Karen Chasteen, Democratic, 9,125 votes
Out of 23,588 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,338 (22.64%)
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2018–Indiana House (District 56) LOST
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2018
67.17%
Brad Barrett*, Republican, 4,208 votes
32.83%
Richard Hamm (i), Republican, 2,057 votes
Out of 6,265 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,151 (34.34%)
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In the 7 races for which we have results, Richard Hamm had a record of 6-1. That includes a record of 3-0 in 3 general elections, and 3-1 in 4 primary elections.