DemocratNot in office · last served 2006Last on a ballot: Nov 2002

Ida G. Ruben

Last held office: Maryland State Senate, District 20 (1986–2006). Ran in 12 elections between 1974 and 2002, winning 12.

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

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2002	Maryland State Senate, District 20	General	Won	John W. Wrightson (R)	82.3%	D+64.6
1998	Maryland State Senate, District 20	General	Won	Thomas R. Falcinelli (R)	79.8%	D+59.6
1994	Maryland State Senate, District 20	General	Won	John C. Leahy (R)	70%	D+40.1
1990	Maryland State Senate, District 20	General	Won	Thomas R. Falcinelli (R)	72.2%	D+44.4
1986	Maryland State Senate, District 20	General	Won	Stephen Leventhal (R)	72.9%	D+45.8
1986	Maryland State Senate, District 20	Primary	Won	Diane Kirchenbauer (D), Robert B. Bates (D)	47.4%	+0.4
1982	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Diane Kirchenbauer (D), Sheila Ellis Hixson (D), Thomas R. Falcinelli (R)	25.3%	R+2.5
1982	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Diane Kirchenbauer (D), Sheila Ellis Hixson (D), Dana Lee Dembrow (D)	26.5%	−4.8
1978	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Stewart Bainum Jr. (D), Sheila Ellis Hixson (D), Quinn Scamahorn (R)	26.6%	R+3.4
1978	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Stewart Bainum Jr. (D), Sheila Ellis Hixson (D), Alexander Bell (D)	20.8%	−5.0
1974	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Martin S. Becker (D), Alexander Bell (D), Edward A. Cooke (R)	20%	R+3.0
1974	Maryland House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Martin S. Becker (D), Alexander Bell (D), Robert Bainum (D)	20.9%	+0.8