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  Harmon, Randall S.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1959-01-01  
 
NameRandall S. Harmon
Address1500 Burlington Dr.
Muncie, Indiana , United States
EmailNone
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Born July 19, 1903
DiedAugust 18, 1982 (79 years)
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InfoRandall S. Harmon was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Harmon was born in North Vernon, Indiana and he graduated from North Vernon High School. Harmon also took extension courses in law and tool engineering. He was employed as a tool engineer with Delco Battery Operations in Muncie, Indiana from 1933 to 1959.

Harmon ran for Congress seven times from 1944 to 1956, running from 1944 to 1952 as a Republican and in 1954 and 1956 as a Democrat. He failed to win a Congressional primary once during this time.

Due to the Democratic party's landslide victory in the 1958 Congressional elections, Harmon was elected to Congress, defeating incumbent Ralph Harvey. During his term in office, Harmon attracted controversy by putting his wife on the Congressional payroll and declaring his front porch a Congressional district office. Harmon also explored the possibility of running for President in 1960, but he refused to spend money on such a candidacy, and never proceeded to run. Harmon won his primary with 30% of the vote in a field of nine candidates. In the general election, he campaigned with a replica of a front porch on a truck, Harmon lost his bid for re-election in 1960 to Ralph Harvey.

After leaving office, Harmon campaigned for Congress in 1962. He then attempted to run for Congress in 1964, but he filed for Congress and the Delaware County Council, and the state ruled that he could run for neither office. Harmon then ran for Congress eight more times from 1968 to 1982, failing to get out of the primary once, before dying in August 1982.

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  05/04/1982 IN District 2 - D Primary Lost 6.63% (-78.59%)
  05/06/1980 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 4.74% (-84.77%)
  05/02/1978 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 4.93% (-84.39%)
  05/04/1976 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 5.50% (-83.19%)
  05/07/1974 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 8.43% (-61.18%)
  05/02/1972 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 15.86% (-51.75%)
  05/05/1970 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 5.02% (-17.52%)
  05/07/1968 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 10.76% (-19.10%)
  05/08/1962 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 13.29% (-38.62%)
  11/08/1960 IN District 10 Lost 42.87% (-14.25%)
  05/03/1960 IN District 10 - D Primary Won 30.01% (+4.52%)
  11/04/1958 IN District 10 Won 50.75% (+1.49%)
  05/06/1958 IN District 10 - D Primary Won 42.44% (+8.57%)
  05/08/1956 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 21.26% (-9.59%)
  05/02/1950 IN District 10 - R Primary Lost 8.02% (-79.43%)
  05/04/1948 IN District 10 - R Primary Lost 6.84% (-74.65%)
  05/07/1946 IN District 10 - R Primary Lost 11.02% (-77.96%)
  05/02/1944 IN District 10 - R Primary Lost 8.46% (-83.08%)
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