GreenNot in office · last served 1980Last on a ballot: Nov 2006
Donald L. Thompson
Last held office: New Mexico State Senate, District 17 (1976–1980). Ran in 9 elections between 1968 and 2006, winning 3.
- Last margin
- −52.0
- Lost 2006
- Elections
- 9
- 1968–2006
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Thompson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19New Mexico State Senate, District 17
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Thompson has run
Margin: how far Thompson finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Lost | Sheryl M. Williamsstapleton (D) | 24% | −52.0 |
| 2002 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Lost | Sheryl M. Williamsstapleton (D) | 28.6% | −42.9 |
| 1998 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Lost | Sheryl M. Williamsstapleton (D), P. Elena Sanchez (R) | 10.5% | −49.9 |
| 1980 | New Mexico State Senate, District 17 | General | Lost | Lois R. Hall (R) | 48.8% | −2.3 |
| 1976 | New Mexico State Senate, District 17 | Special | Won | John R. Earnshaw (R) | 50.9% | +1.9 |
| 1974 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | C. Thomas Keen (R) | 56.1% | +12.1 |
| 1972 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | V. Joyce Peterson (R) | 53.2% | +6.4 |
| 1970 | New Mexico House of Representatives, Bernalillo 10 | General | Lost | Robert Jordan (R) | 49.6% | −0.9 |
| 1968 | New Mexico House of Representatives, Bernalillo 10 | General | Lost | Robert Jordan (R) | 41.7% | −16.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Thompson has held
- New Mexico State Senate, District 17 · 1976–1980
- New Mexico House of Representatives, District 19 · 1972–1976
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Thompson has run against
- Sheryl M. Williamsstapleton (D) · 2006 election, lost
- Lois R. Hall (R) · 1980 election, lost
- John R. Earnshaw (R) · 1976 special election, won
- C. Thomas Keen (R) · 1974 election, won
- V. Joyce Peterson (R) · 1972 election, won
- Robert Jordan (R) · 1970 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive