RepublicanNot in office · last served 1995Last on a ballot: Nov 1993
John H. Dorsey
Last held office: New Jersey State Senate, District 25 (1981–1995). Ran in 8 elections between 1973 and 1993, winning 6.
- Last margin
- −0.5
- Lost 1993
- Elections
- 8
- 1973–1993
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Dorsey was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028New Jersey General Assembly, District 23New Jersey State Senate, District 23New Jersey State Senate, District 25
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Dorsey has run
Margin: how far Dorsey finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | New Jersey State Senate, District 25 | General | Lost | Gordon A. Macinnes (D) | 49.7% | D+0.5 |
| 1991 | New Jersey State Senate, District 25 | General | Won | Adele Montgomery (D) | 71.7% | R+43.3 |
| 1987 | New Jersey State Senate, District 25 | General | Won | Gordon A. Macinnes (D) | 52.7% | R+5.4 |
| 1983 | New Jersey State Senate, District 25 | General | Won | Allen Hantman (D) | 65.4% | R+30.7 |
| 1981 | New Jersey State Senate, District 25 | General | Won | Horace Chamberlain (D) | 68% | R+36.0 |
| 1977 | New Jersey State Senate, District 23 | General | Won | Stephen B. Wiley (D) | 54.3% | R+8.6 |
| 1975 | New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 | General | Won | James J. Barry Jr. (R), Rosemarie Totaro (D), Gordon A. Macinnes (D) | 25.6% | Even |
| 1973 | New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 | General | Lost | Gordon A. Macinnes (D), Rosemarie Totaro (D), Albert W. Merck (R) | 23.8% | D+4.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Dorsey has held
- New Jersey State Senate, District 25 · 1981–1995
- New Jersey State Senate, District 23 · 1977–1981
- New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 · 1975–1977
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Dorsey has run against
- Gordon A. Macinnes (D) · 1993 election, lost
- Adele Montgomery (D) · 1991 election, won
- Allen Hantman (D) · 1983 election, won
- Horace Chamberlain (D) · 1981 election, won
- Stephen B. Wiley (D) · 1977 election, won
- James J. Barry Jr. (R) · 1975 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive