Willard Wayne Townsend

Offices

Indiana House
Blackford, Grant Counties
In office
Nov 5, 1958 to Nov 9, 1960

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
2 years, 5 days
Indiana House
Blackford, Grant Counties
In office
Nov 7, 1962 to Nov 9, 1966

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
4 years, 3 days
Indiana Senate
District 13
In office
Nov 4, 1970 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 19
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 5, 1986

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Redistricting
Left: Did Not Run
16 years, 5 days
Willard Wayne Townsend spent 22 years, 13 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1984–Governor LOST
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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In the 1 races for which we have results, Willard Wayne Townsend had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.