Laurence F. Sullivan

Offices

State Comptroller (Auditor)
Statewide
In office
Dec 1, 1934 to Dec 1, 1938

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 1 day
Laurence F. Sullivan spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1934–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1934
51.23%
Laurence F. Sullivan*, Democratic, 738,524 votes
47.68%
Lawrence W. Orr, Republican, 687,284 votes
 0.65%
Ruth Robson, Socialist, 9,435 votes
 0.35%
George Flanagan, Prohibition, 4,984 votes
 0.09%
Allen Puckett, Communist, 1,317 votes
Out of 1,441,544 votes casts, the margin of victory was 51,240 (3.55%)
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1936–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
56.09%
Laurence F. Sullivan (i)*, Democratic, 903,143 votes
43.61%
Edward Everett Neal, Republican, 702,260 votes
 0.23%
Eugene Cooney, Socialist, 3,630 votes
 0.07%
Norvin C. Blake, Communist, 1,136 votes
Out of 1,610,169 votes casts, the margin of victory was 200,883 (12.48%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Laurence F. Sullivan had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.