Roger H. Zion

Offices

U.S. House
District 8
In office
Jan 3, 1967 to Jan 3, 1975

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
8 years, 2 days
Roger H. Zion spent 8 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1964–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1964
56.47%
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (i)*, Democratic, 109,134 votes
43.53%
Roger H. Zion, Republican, 84,135 votes
Out of 193,269 votes casts, the margin of victory was 24,999 (12.94%)
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1966–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1966
51.09%
Roger H. Zion*, Republican, 94,924 votes
48.91%
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (i), Democratic, 90,887 votes
Out of 185,811 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,037 (2.18%)
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1968–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1968
54.46%
Roger H. Zion (i)*, Republican, 109,585 votes
45.54%
K. Wayne Kent, Democratic, 91,642 votes
Out of 201,227 votes casts, the margin of victory was 17,943 (8.92%)
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1970–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1970
52.59%
Roger H. Zion (i)*, Republican, 93,088 votes
47.41%
J. David Huber, Democratic, 83,911 votes
Out of 176,999 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,177 (5.18%)
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1972–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1972
63.37%
Roger H. Zion (i)*, Republican, 133,850 votes
36.63%
Richard L. Deen, Democratic, 77,371 votes
Out of 211,221 votes casts, the margin of victory was 56,479 (26.74%)
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1974–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1974
53.42%
Philip Harold Hayes*, Democratic, 100,121 votes
46.58%
Roger H. Zion (i), Republican, 87,296 votes
Out of 187,417 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,825 (6.84%)
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In the 6 races for which we have results, Roger H. Zion had a record of 4-2. That includes a record of 4-2 in 6 general elections.