DemocratNot in office · last served 1986Last on a ballot: Nov 1982
Harry R. Hughes
Last held office: Governor of Maryland (1978–1986). Ran in 2 elections between 1978 and 1982, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +24.0
- Won 1982
- Elections
- 2
- 1978–1982
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Hughes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Hughes has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Hughes won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Governor of Maryland | General | Won | Robert A. Pascal (R) | 62% | D+24.0 | D+3.2 | |
| 1978 | Governor of Maryland | General | Won | John Glenn Beall Jr (R) | 71% | D+42.0 | D+6.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Hughes has held
- Governor of Maryland · 1978–1986
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Hughes has run against
- Robert A. Pascal (R) · 1982 election, won
- John Glenn Beall Jr (R) · 1978 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive