DemocratNot in office · last served 1987Last on a ballot: Nov 1983
Martha Layne Collins
Last held office: Governor of Kentucky (1983–1987). Ran in 1 election in 1983, winning 1.
- Last margin
- +10.5
- Won 1983
- Elections
- 1
- 1983
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Collins 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 Collins has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Collins won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Governor of Kentucky | General | Won | Jim Bunning (R) | 55.3% | D+10.5 | R+1.4 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Collins has held
- Governor of Kentucky · 1983–1987
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Collins has run against
- Jim Bunning (R) · 1983 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive