Floyd Coates

Offices

We found no record of Floyd Coates serving in elected office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they served at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database.

Elections

1982–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1982
67.07%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 121,094 votes
32.42%
Floyd Coates, Republican, 58,532 votes
 0.51%
Stephen Arnold, Citizens, 913 votes
Out of 180,539 votes casts, the margin of victory was 62,562 (34.65%)
1984–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1984
65.14%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 137,018 votes
34.54%
Floyd Coates, Republican, 72,652 votes
 0.32%
Douglas S. Boggs, Libertarian, 670 votes
Out of 210,340 votes casts, the margin of victory was 64,366 (30.60%)
1988–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1988
70.72%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 147,193 votes
29.28%
Floyd Coates, Republican, 60,946 votes
Out of 208,139 votes casts, the margin of victory was 86,247 (41.44%)
1990–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1990
68.99%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 107,526 votes
31.01%
Floyd Coates, Republican, 48,325 votes
Out of 155,851 votes casts, the margin of victory was 59,201 (37.98%)
2008–Indiana House (District 69) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
70.42%
David Cheatham (i)*, Democratic, 17,645 votes
29.58%
Floyd Coates, Republican, 7,411 votes
Out of 25,056 votes casts, the margin of victory was 10,234 (40.84%)
In the 5 races for which we have results, Floyd Coates had a record of 0-5. That includes a record of 0-5 in 5 general elections.