DemocratNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 1988

R. P. Thomas

R. P. Thomas ran in 5 elections between 1980 and 1988, winning 4. Served in the North Carolina State Senate (District 27 and District 29).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	North Carolina State Senate, District 29	General	Lost	Robert C. Carpenter (R), C. W. Hardin (R), Charles W. Hipps (D)	25.1%	R+0.2
1986	North Carolina State Senate, District 29	General	Won	Charles W. Hipps (D), Eliza B. Graue (R), Don Adams (R)	27.9%	D+0.7
1984	North Carolina State Senate, District 29	General	Won	Charles W. Hipps (D), Eliza B. Graue (R), Patricia A. Jones (R)	26%	D+0.8
1982	North Carolina State Senate, District 29	General	Won	Charles W. Hipps (D), Robert D. Carpenter (R), Walt Sheppard Jr. (R)	30.3%	D+1.9
1980	North Carolina State Senate, District 27	General	Won	Joe H. Palmer (D)	50.6%	D+1.2