RepublicanNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 1998
J. Franklin Ports
Last held office: Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 (1990–2002). Ran in 4 elections between 1986 and 1998, winning 3.
- Last margin
- −2.2
- Won 1998
- Elections
- 4
- 1986–1998
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Ports 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 Ports has run
Margin: how far Ports finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 | General | Won | Katherine Klausmeier (D), Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (R), J. Joseph Curran III (D) | 18.8% | D+2.2 |
| 1994 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 | General | Won | Katherine Klausmeier (D), Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (R), Calvin K. Clemons (R) | 17.3% | D+2.6 |
| 1990 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 | General | Won | Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (R), Joseph Bartenfelder (D), Kenneth G. Hirsch (R) | 16.9% | D+1.3 |
| 1986 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 | Primary | Lost | Scott A. Sewell (R), Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (R), Howard C. Harclerode (R) | 8.8% | −24.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Ports has held
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 · 1990–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Ports has run against
- Katherine Klausmeier (D) · 1998 election, won
- Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (R) · 1990 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive