[2] He was elected on November 3, 1970, by a margin of 19 votes over incumbent Bill K.

[3] Senator Goodrich was the only member of the Nebraska legislature to oppose a measure to outlaw marital sexual assault introduced by Senator Wally Barnett.

Goodrich's position was strongly attacked by Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

[4] In spite of Goodrich's opposition, in 1975 Nebraska became the first state in the US to make sexual assault within marriage illegal by statute.

[5] Historian Joann M. Ross observed that "Senator Goodrich did not seem to recognize sexual assault as a violent act.