DemocratNot in office · last served 1984Last on a ballot: Nov 1984

Mary Cotton

Last held office: New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 726 (1982–1984). Ran in 7 elections between 1972 and 1984, winning 6.

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

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1984	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 728	General	Lost	Alberta Z. Clay (R), Lawrence A. Chase Jr. (R), Joseph A. Macdonald (D)	11.6%	R+4.5
1982	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 726	General	Won	Mary Ann N. Blanchard (D), Thomas P. Connors (D), Joseph A. Macdonald (D)	9.5%	R+0.9
1980	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720	General	Won	Joseph A. Macdonald (D), John W. Hynes (D), Edward J. Welch (R)	20.6%	D+1.4
1978	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720	General	Won	Joseph A. Macdonald (D), Joseph A. McEachern (D), Edward J. Welch (R)	22.4%	R+1.2
1976	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720	General	Won	Joseph A. McEachern (D), Joseph A. Macdonald (D), C. Cecil Dame (R)	20.1%	D+0.3
1974	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720	General	Won	Joseph A. McEachern (D), C. Cecil Dame (R), Alfred B. Sisemore (R)	24.3%	D+0.9
1972	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720	General	Won	C. Cecil Dame (R), Joseph A. McEachern (D), Helen D. Begala (R)	25.6%	R+2.7