DemocratNot in office · last served 1998Last on a ballot: Nov 1994
Decatur W. Trotter
Last held office: Maryland State Senate, District 24 (1986–1998). Ran in 7 elections between 1974 and 1994, winning 6.
- Last margin
- +0.0
- Won 1974
- Elections
- 7
- 1974–1994
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Trotter was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Maryland House of Delegates, District 25Maryland State Senate, District 24
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Trotter has run
Margin: how far Trotter finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Maryland State Senate, District 24 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1990 | Maryland State Senate, District 24 | General | Won | Unopposed | 83.9% | — |
| 1986 | Maryland State Senate, District 24 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Maryland State Senate, District 24 | Primary | Won | Richard Stephen Brown (D), Patricia J. Fletcher (D) | 58.2% | +26.1 |
| 1978 | Maryland State Senate, District 25 | Primary | Lost | Tommie Broadwater (D) | 35.6% | −28.9 |
| 1974 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 25 | General | Won | Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (D), Nathaniel Exum (D), Lawrence L. Brooks (R) | 30.4% | Even |
| 1974 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 25 | Primary | Won | Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (D), Nathaniel Exum (D), Ruth S. Brown (D) | 24.5% | −1.2 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Trotter has held
- Maryland State Senate, District 24 · 1986–1998
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 25 · 1974–1978
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Trotter has run against
- Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (D) · 1974 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive