Harold H. Negley

Offices

Secretary of Education (State Supt.)
Statewide
In office
Mar 15, 1973 to Jun 6, 1985

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
12 years, 2 months, 25 days
Harold H. Negley spent 12 years, 2 months, 25 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1972–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1972
55.21%
Harold H. Negley*, Republican, 1,129,636 votes
44.79%
John Joseph Loughlin (i), Democratic, 916,342 votes
Out of 2,045,978 votes casts, the margin of victory was 213,294 (10.42%)
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1976–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1976
51.26%
Harold H. Negley (i)*, Republican, 1,065,808 votes
48.74%
Graham Arthur Richard, Democratic, 1,013,268 votes
Out of 2,079,076 votes casts, the margin of victory was 52,540 (2.52%)
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1980–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1980
55.41%
Harold H. Negley (i)*, Republican, 1,155,099 votes
42.67%
John Joseph Loughlin, Democratic, 889,598 votes
 1.92%
Linda Kay Patterson, American, 40,063 votes
Out of 2,084,760 votes casts, the margin of victory was 265,501 (12.74%)
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1984–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1984
53.52%
Harold H. Negley (i)*, Republican, 1,121,398 votes
44.57%
Ray H. Scheele, Democratic, 933,915 votes
 1.40%
Linda Kay Patterson, American, 29,292 votes
 0.52%
Stephen L. Dasbach, Libertarian, 10,839 votes
Out of 2,095,444 votes casts, the margin of victory was 187,483 (8.95%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Harold H. Negley had a record of 4-0. That includes a record of 4-0 in 4 general elections.