John Massie Mutz

Offices

Indiana House
District 26
In office
Nov 9, 1966 to Nov 4, 1970

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
3 years, 11 months, 26 days
Indiana Senate
District 19
In office
Nov 3, 1971 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Republican
Assumed: Special Election
Left: Redistricting
District 31
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 19, 1980

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
9 years, 19 days
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 12, 1981 to Jan 9, 1989

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
7 years, 11 months, 29 days
John Massie Mutz spent 21 years, 14 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1970–Treasurer of State LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1970
50.75%
Jack L. New*, Democratic, 855,270 votes
49.25%
John Massie Mutz, Republican, 830,101 votes
Out of 1,685,371 votes casts, the margin of victory was 25,169 (1.50%)
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1980–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1980
57.72%
Robert Dunkerson Orr*, Republican, 1,257,383 votes
Lt. Governor: John Massie Mutz
41.92%
John Hillenbrand, Democratic, 913,116 votes
Lt. Governor: Robert Eugene Peterson
 0.36%
Cletus Artist, American, 7,904 votes
Lt. Governor: Shirley M. Gephart
Out of 2,178,403 votes casts, the margin of victory was 344,267 (15.80%)
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1984–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1984
52.16%
Robert Dunkerson Orr (i)*, Republican, 1,146,497 votes
Lt. Governor: John Massie Mutz
47.18%
Willard Wayne Townsend, Democratic, 1,036,922 votes
Lt. Governor: Ann DeLaney
 0.34%
Rockland R. Snyder, American, 7,455 votes
Lt. Governor: Shirley M. Gephart
 0.32%
James A. Ridenour, Libertarian, 7,114 votes
Lt. Governor: E. Benton Tackitt, III
Out of 2,197,988 votes casts, the margin of victory was 109,575 (4.98%)
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1988–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1988
53.18%
Birch E. (Evan) Bayh, III*, Democratic, 1,138,574 votes
Lt. Governor: Frank Leslie O'Bannon
46.82%
John Massie Mutz, Republican, 1,002,207 votes
Lt. Governor: Stephen Goldsmith
Out of 2,140,781 votes casts, the margin of victory was 136,367 (6.36%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, John Massie Mutz had a record of 2-2. That includes a record of 2-2 in 4 general elections.