RepublicanNot in office · last served 1978Last on a ballot: Nov 1980
Meldrim Thomson Jr
Last held office: Governor of New Hampshire (1976–1978). Ran in 3 elections between 1976 and 1980, winning 1.
- Last margin
- −18.4
- Lost 1980
- Elections
- 3
- 1976–1980
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Thomson 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 Thomson has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Thomson won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Lost | Hugh J. Gallen (D) | 40.8% | D+18.4 | R+34.1 | |
| 1978 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Lost | Hugh J. Gallen (D), Wesley Powell (I), Mabel G. Everett (L) | 45.4% | D+4.0 | R+11.5 | |
| 1976 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Harry Spanos V. (D) | 57.7% | R+15.3 | R+11.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Thomson has held
- Governor of New Hampshire · 1976–1978
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Thomson has run against
- Hugh J. Gallen (D) · 1980 election, lost
- Harry Spanos V. (D) · 1976 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive