RepublicanNot in office · last served 1982Last on a ballot: Sep 1986

Decorsey Emroy Bolden

Decorsey Emroy Bolden ran in 7 elections between 1970 and 1986, winning 5. Served in the Maryland House of Delegates (HD-GARRETTCOUNTY and HD-1A).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1986	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	Primary	Lost	George C. Edwards (R)	36.1%	−27.7
1982	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	Primary	Lost	George C. Edwards (R), Dorothy B. Leighton (R)	34.1%	−8.6
1978	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	General	Won	Richard Condon Browning (D)	66.1%	R+32.3
1978	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	Primary	Won	George C. Edwards (R)	50.2%	+0.3
1974	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	General	Won	Raymond O. McCullough Jr. (D)	65%	R+30.1
1974	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-1A	Primary	Won	Melvin S. Sloan (R), H. Lester Hunter (R)	45.5%	+8.4
1970	Maryland House of Delegates, HD-GARRETTCOUNTY	General	Won	Benjamin O. Aiken (D)	59.5%	R+19.0