John Edgar Mitchell

Offices

Indiana House
Shelby County
In office
Nov 5, 1958 to Nov 7, 1962

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
John Edgar Mitchell spent 4 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1962–U.S. House (District 10) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1962
52.94%
Enoch Ralph Harvey (i)*, Republican, 81,007 votes
47.06%
John Edgar Mitchell, Democratic, 72,009 votes
Out of 153,016 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,998 (5.88%)
1966–Secretary of State LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1966
53.52%
Edgar Doud Whitcomb*, Republican, 890,572 votes
46.48%
John Edgar Mitchell, Democratic, 773,375 votes
Out of 1,663,947 votes casts, the margin of victory was 117,197 (7.04%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, John Edgar Mitchell had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.