DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2022

Richard J. McCormack

Richard J. McCormack ran in 17 elections between 1988 and 2022, winning 16. Served in the Vermont State Senate (SD-WSR).

Last office: Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR

Elections: 17; 1988–2022
Won: 16; generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

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

19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR Vermont State Senate, SD-WSROut of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race McCormack has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2022	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Alison Clarkson (D), Becca White (D), Alice Flanders (R)	22.7%	R+0.7
2020	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Alison Clarkson (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Jack Williams (R)	21.4%	R+2.0
2018	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Alison Clarkson (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Randy A. Gray (R)	20.7%	R+2.3
2016	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Alison Clarkson (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Mark Donka (R)	18.7%	R+2.1
2014	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D)	32.9%	R+0.4
2014	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	Primary	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D)	33.5%	+0.1
2012	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Dick Tracy (R)	21.8%	R+1.5
2010	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Henry L. Holmes (R)	20.9%	R+1.9
2008	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Kent Butterfield (R)	21.4%	R+2.2
2006	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Alice W. Nitka (D), Kent Butterfield (R)	22.1%	R+1.7
2000	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Campbell (D), Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Gary P. Richardson (R)	18.2%	R+0.2
1998	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Ben Ptashnik (D), Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Patricia L. Welch (R)	18.3%	D+0.2
1996	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Ben Ptashnik (D), Ruth Harvie (R)	20.3%	D+1.6
1994	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	Ruth Harvie (R), Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Tom Hayes (R)	18.5%	R+0.2
1992	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Carroll (R), Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Ruth Harvie (R)	20.5%	R+0.1
1990	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Won	John Carroll (R), Cheryl P. Rivers (D), Chester P. Scott Jr. (R)	18.5%	D+0.5
1988	Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR	General	Lost	Edgar May (D), John Carroll (R), Stephen Reynes (D)	15.3%	R+7.2

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Seats McCormack has held

Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR · 2007–2024
Vermont State Senate, SD-WSR · 1991–2002

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Who McCormack has run against

Alison Clarkson (D) · 2022 election, won
John Campbell (D) · 2014 election, won
Ben Ptashnik (D) · 1998 election, won
Cheryl P. Rivers (D) · 1996 election, won
Ruth Harvie (R) · 1994 election, won
John Carroll (R) · 1992 election, won
Edgar May (D) · 1988 election, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)