Richard Clay Bodine

Notable Facts

  • Served as Speaker of the House in the 94th General Assembly (1964-1966)

Offices

Indiana House
St. Joseph County
In office
Nov 7, 1962 to Nov 9, 1966

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 4
In office
Nov 9, 1966 to Nov 6, 1968

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
6 years, 1 day
Indiana House
District 4
In office
Nov 4, 1970 to Nov 8, 1972

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
2 years, 5 days
Indiana House
District 9
In office
Nov 6, 1974 to Nov 3, 1982

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
7 years, 11 months, 29 days
Richard Clay Bodine spent 16 years, 5 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1972–Lieutenant Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1972
55.34%
Robert Dunkerson Orr*, Republican, 1,149,255 votes
44.01%
Richard Clay Bodine, Democratic, 914,000 votes
 0.33%
Raymond Lee Clark, Indiana American Independent, 6,816 votes
 0.23%
Elizabeth Toohy, Peace and Freedom, 4,737 votes
 0.09%
Casimer Kanczuzewski, Socialist Labor, 1,878 votes
Out of 2,076,686 votes casts, the margin of victory was 235,255 (11.33%)
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1982–U.S. House (District 3) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1982
51.15%
John Hiler (i)*, Republican, 86,958 votes
48.85%
Richard Clay Bodine, Democratic, 83,046 votes
Out of 170,004 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,912 (2.30%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Richard Clay Bodine had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.