Frank Leslie O'Bannon

Offices

Indiana Senate
District 29
In office
Nov 4, 1970 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 46
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 3, 1982

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Redistricting
Left: Redistricting
District 47
In office
Nov 3, 1982 to Dec 1, 1988

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
18 years, 1 month, 1 day
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 9, 1989 to Jan 13, 1997

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
8 years, 6 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 13, 1997 to Sep 13, 2003

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Died
6 years, 8 months
Frank Leslie O'Bannon spent 32 years, 9 months, 8 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1988–Governor WON
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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1992–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1992
62.00%
Birch E. (Evan) Bayh, III (i)*, Democratic, 1,382,151 votes
Lt. Governor: Frank Leslie O'Bannon
36.90%
Linley Pearson, Republican, 822,533 votes
Lt. Governor: Robert D. Green
 1.09%
Mary C. Barton, New Alliance, 24,378 votes
Lt. Governor: Elmetta Wellington
 0.00%
Gary Alan Montgomery, Write-In, 36 votes
 0.00%
Paul J. Galanti, Write-In, 18 votes
Out of 2,229,116 votes casts, the margin of victory was 559,618 (25.10%)
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1996–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1996
51.52%
Frank Leslie O'Bannon*, Democratic, 1,087,128 votes
Lt. Governor: Joe Kernan
46.78%
Stephen Goldsmith, Republican, 986,982 votes
Lt. Governor: George Witer
 1.70%
Steve Dillon, Libertarian, 35,805 votes
Lt. Governor: Leona McPherson
 0.01%
Larry G. Evans, Write-In, 109 votes
Lt. Governor: John Charles Peterson
 0.00%
John L. Plemons, Write-In, 23 votes
Out of 2,110,047 votes casts, the margin of victory was 100,146 (4.74%)
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2000–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 2000
56.55%
Frank Leslie O'Bannon (i)*, Democratic, 1,232,525 votes
Lt. Governor: Joe Kernan
41.68%
David M. McIntosh, Republican, 908,285 votes
Lt. Governor: J. Murray Clark
 1.76%
Andy Horning, Libertarian, 38,458 votes
Lt. Governor: Mark Schreiber
 0.01%
Paul Wilson, Write-In, 145 votes
Lt. Governor: Richard A. Crawford
Out of 2,179,413 votes casts, the margin of victory was 324,240 (14.87%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Frank Leslie O'Bannon had a record of 4-0. That includes a record of 4-0 in 4 general elections.