RepublicanNot in office · last served 1980Last on a ballot: Nov 1978

Marilyn R. Bissell

Last held office: North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36 (1972–1980). Ran in 5 elections between 1970 and 1978, winning 4.

Last office: North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36

Last margin: −1.6; Won 1978
Elections: 5; 1970–1978

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

Career

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

197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Bissell has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1978	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Parks Helms (D), Ben Tison (D), Jo Graham Foster (D)	9.2%	D+1.6
1976	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Jo Graham Foster (D), Ben Tison (D), Parks Helms (D)	7.5%	D+1.7
1974	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Jo Graham Foster (D), Craig Lawing (D), Roy Spoon (R)	7.9%	D+0.1
1972	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Won	Carolyn Mathis (R), Laurence A. Cobb (R), David D. Jordan (R)	7.1%	D+0.8
1970	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36	General	Lost	Jim Beatty (D), Hugh Campbell Jr. (D), James B. Vogler (D)	5.9%	D+3.4

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Bissell has held

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 36 · 1972–1980

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Bissell has run against

Parks Helms (D) · 1978 election, won
Jo Graham Foster (D) · 1976 election, won
Carolyn Mathis (R) · 1972 election, won
Jim Beatty (D) · 1970 election, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive