DemocratNot in office · last served 1986Last on a ballot: Nov 1982
J. Joseph Garrahy
Last held office: Governor of Rhode Island (1976–1986). Ran in 4 elections between 1976 and 1982, winning 4.
- Last margin
- +51.3
- Won 1982
- Elections
- 4
- 1976–1982
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Garrahy 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 Garrahy has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Garrahy 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 Rhode Island | General | Won | Vincent Marzullo (R) | 75.6% | D+51.3 | D+12.3 | |
| 1980 | Governor of Rhode Island | General | Won | Vincent A. Cianci (R) | 73.7% | D+47.4 | D+12.3 | |
| 1978 | Governor of Rhode Island | General | Won | Lincoln Almond (R), Joseph A. Doorley Jr. (I) | 62.8% | D+32.1 | D+11.3 | |
| 1976 | Governor of Rhode Island | General | Won | James L. Taft (R) | 55.1% | D+10.2 | D+11.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Garrahy has held
- Governor of Rhode Island · 1976–1986
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Garrahy has run against
- Vincent Marzullo (R) · 1982 election, won
- Vincent A. Cianci (R) · 1980 election, won
- Lincoln Almond (R) · 1978 election, won
- James L. Taft (R) · 1976 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive