DemocratNot in office · last served 1984Last on a ballot: Nov 1984

Craig Lawing

Last held office: North Carolina State Senate, District 22 (1976–1984). Ran in 8 elections between 1970 and 1984, winning 7.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1984	North Carolina State Senate, District 34	General	Lost	James D. McDuffie (R)	46.2%	R+7.7
1982	North Carolina State Senate, District 22	General	Won	Ben Tison (D), Kenneth R. Harris (R), Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. (D)	18.8%	R+0.1
1980	North Carolina State Senate, District 22	General	Won	Carolyn Mathis (D), James D. McDuffie (D), Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. (D)	21.5%	R+0.2
1978	North Carolina State Senate, District 22	General	Won	Carolyn Mathis (D), Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. (D), Fred D. Alexander (D)	20.5%	R+0.1
1976	North Carolina State Senate, District 22	General	Won	James D. McDuffie (D), Fred D. Alexander (D), Carolyn Mathis (R)	15.8%	R+0.2
1974	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Jo Graham Foster (D), Marilyn R. Bissell (R), Roy Spoon (R)	7.9%	R+0.1
1972	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Carolyn Mathis (R), Laurence A. Cobb (R), Marilyn R. Bissell (R)	6.7%	R+1.3
1970	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Jim Beatty (D), Hugh Campbell Jr. (D), James B. Vogler (D)	8%	R+1.4