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Information on Gail Riecken
Gail Riecken
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Indiana House
District 77
In office
Nov 5, 2008 to Nov 9, 2016
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Did Not Run
Gail Riecken spent 8 years, 6 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
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1998–U.S. House (District 8)
LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1998
52.11%
John Hostettler
(i)*
, Republican, 92,785 votes
45.98%
Gail Riecken
, Democratic, 81,871 votes
1.91%
Paul Hager
, Libertarian, 3,401 votes
Out of
178,057
votes casts, the margin of victory was
10,914
(6.13%)
2008–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Gail Riecken
*
, Democratic, 11,025 votes
Out of
11,025
votes casts, the margin of victory was
11,025
(100.00%)
2008–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
100.00%
Gail Riecken
*
, Democratic, 19,126 votes
Out of
19,126
votes casts, the margin of victory was
19,126
(100.00%)
2010–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
100.00%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 1,329 votes
Out of
1,329
votes casts, the margin of victory was
1,329
(100.00%)
2010–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
50.56%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 7,547 votes
49.44%
Chery A. W. Musgrave
, Republican, 7,379 votes
Out of
14,926
votes casts, the margin of victory was
168
(1.12%)
2012–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 8, 2012
100.00%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 1,378 votes
Out of
1,378
votes casts, the margin of victory was
1,378
(100.00%)
2012–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 2012
64.35%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 14,037 votes
35.65%
Alan Leibundguth
, Republican, 7,775 votes
Out of
21,812
votes casts, the margin of victory was
6,262
(28.70%)
2014–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2014
100.00%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 641 votes
Out of
641
votes casts, the margin of victory was
641
(100.00%)
2014–Indiana House (District 77)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2014
61.91%
Gail Riecken
(i)*
, Democratic, 6,183 votes
38.09%
Jeremy Heath
, Republican, 3,804 votes
Out of
9,987
votes casts, the margin of victory was
2,379
(23.82%)
In the 9 races for which we have results, Gail Riecken had a record of 8-1. That includes a record of 4-1 in 5 general elections, and 4-0 in 4 primary elections.