RepublicanNot in office · last served 2014Last on a ballot: Jun 2014
Richard F. Colburn
Last held office: Maryland State Senate, District 37 (1994–2014). Ran in 9 elections between 1978 and 2014, winning 7.
- Last margin
- +18.4
- Won 2010
- Elections
- 9
- 1978–2014
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Colburn 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 Colburn has run
Margin: how far Colburn finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | Primary | Lost | Adelaide C. Eckardt (R) | 43.1% | −13.8 |
| 2010 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Won | Christopher R. Robinson (D) | 59.2% | R+18.4 |
| 2006 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Won | Hilary Spence (D), Moonyene Jacksonamis (I) | 56.2% | R+17.4 |
| 2002 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Won | Grason Eckel (D) | 68.7% | R+37.4 |
| 1998 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Won | Robert Alan Thornton Jr. (D) | 58.6% | R+17.3 |
| 1994 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Won | Samuel Q. Johnson III (D) | 54.9% | R+9.8 |
| 1986 | Maryland House of Delegates, HD-37-1 | General | Won | James H. Balderson (D) | 60.4% | R+20.9 |
| 1982 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 37 | General | Won | William S. Horne (D), Samuel Q. Johnson III (D), John R. Hargreaves (D) | 23.6% | R+1.4 |
| 1978 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 35 | General | Lost | John R. Hargreaves (D), William S. Horne (D), W. Henry Thomas (D) | 20.9% | D+9.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Colburn has held
- Maryland State Senate, District 37 · 1994–2014
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 37-1 · 1986–1990
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 37 · 1982–1986
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Colburn has run against
- Christopher R. Robinson (D) · 2010 election, won
- Hilary Spence (D) · 2006 election, won
- Grason Eckel (D) · 2002 election, won
- Robert Alan Thornton Jr. (D) · 1998 election, won
- Samuel Q. Johnson III (D) · 1994 election, won
- James H. Balderson (D) · 1986 election, won
- William S. Horne (D) · 1982 election, won
- John R. Hargreaves (D) · 1978 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive