Richard Bernard Wathen

Offices

Indiana House
District 67
In office
Nov 8, 1972 to Nov 3, 1982

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 71
In office
Nov 3, 1982 to Nov 7, 1990

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
Richard Bernard Wathen spent 18 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1970–U.S. House (District 9) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1970
62.50%
Lee Hamilton (i)*, Democratic, 104,599 votes
37.50%
Richard Bernard Wathen, Republican, 62,772 votes
Out of 167,371 votes casts, the margin of victory was 41,827 (25.00%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, Richard Bernard Wathen had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.