RepublicanNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 2002
Jonathan K. Farnum
Last held office: Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 (1983–1988). Ran in 5 elections between 1980 and 2002, winning 4.
- Last margin
- −18.0
- Lost 2002
- Elections
- 5
- 1980–2002
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Farnum was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Rhode Island State Senate, District 21Rhode Island State Senate, District 21
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Farnum has run
Margin: how far Farnum finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rhode Island State Senate, District 33 | General | Lost | Lou Raptakis (D) | 34.4% | D+18.0 |
| 1986 | Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1984 | Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 | General | Won | Edward S. Inman III (D) | 66.1% | R+32.3 |
| 1983 | Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 | General | Won | Edwin J. Luther (D) | 66.6% | R+33.2 |
| 1980 | Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 | General | Won | John S. Farrington (D) | 51.1% | R+2.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Farnum has held
- Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 · 1983–1988
- Rhode Island State Senate, District 21 · 1980–1982
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Farnum has run against
- Lou Raptakis (D) · 2002 election, lost
- Edward S. Inman III (D) · 1984 election, won
- Edwin J. Luther (D) · 1983 election, won
- John S. Farrington (D) · 1980 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive