DemocratNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 1992

Marie W. Colton

Last held office: North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51 (1982–1994). Ran in 8 elections between 1978 and 1992, winning 8.

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

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1992	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D), Wilma Sherrill (R)	17.2%	R+0.8
1990	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Gordon H. Greenwood (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D)	14.1%	D+0.3
1988	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D), Gordon H. Greenwood (D)	15.3%	R+0.2
1986	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Jeffrey P. Hunt (R), Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D)	13.3%	R+0.4
1984	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D), Gordon H. Greenwood (D)	13%	R+0.1
1982	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 51	General	Won	Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Gordon H. Greenwood (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D)	20%	D+0.3
1980	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	Gordon H. Greenwood (D), Martin L. Nesbitt (D), Narvel J. Crawford (D)	14%	Even
1978	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	Mary C. Nesbitt (D), James Clarke (D), Gordon H. Greenwood (D)	22.2%	D+0.4