DemocratNot in office · last served 1978Last on a ballot: Nov 1978

Bobby Lee Combs

Bobby Lee Combs ran in 5 elections between 1970 and 1978, winning 3. Served in the North Carolina State Senate (District 26 and District 23).

Career

Offices held, and every time Combs was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Combs finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1978	North Carolina State Senate, District 23	General	Lost	Cass Ballenger (R), William W. Redman Jr. (R), Kenneth C. Wooten (D)	23.7%	R+3.2
1976	North Carolina State Senate, District 23	General	Won	Cass Ballenger (R), Pleas Lackey (D), Harlan Robertson (R)	26.5%	D+1.9
1974	North Carolina State Senate, District 23	General	Won	Pleas Lackey (D), J. Reid Poovey (R), Kennedy H. Sharpe (R)	27.7%	D+2.5
1972	North Carolina State Senate, District 23	General	Lost	J. Reid Poovey (R), Kennedy H. Sharpe (R), James C. Kivett (D)	22.7%	R+6.3
1970	North Carolina State Senate, District 26	General	Won	Norman H. Joyner (R), J. Reid Poovey (R), James C. Kivett (D)	25.2%	D+0.2