DemocratNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2022
Richard Lindsay
Last held office: West Virginia State Senate, District 8 (2018–2022). Ran in 6 elections between 1978 and 2022, winning 2.
- Last margin
- −13.5
- Lost 2022
- Elections
- 6
- 1978–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Lindsay 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 Lindsay has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Lindsay won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | West Virginia State Senate, District 8 | General | Lost | Mark A. Hunt (R) | 43.2% | R+13.5 | R+24.0 | |
| 2018 | West Virginia State Senate, District 8 | General | Won | Ed Gaunch (R) | 50.3% | D+0.5 | R+49.6 | |
| 2014 | West Virginia House of Delegates, District 37 | Primary | Lost | Mike Pushkin (D), Archie Chestnut (D), Brad Heflin (D) | 25.4% | −20.5 | — | |
| 1990 | West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 | General | Lost | Ramona Cerra (D), David Grubb (D), Margaret Miller (R) | 2.9% | R+1.9 | — | |
| 1978 | West Virginia State Senate, District 14 | General | Lost | William A. Moreland (D) | 38.4% | R+23.2 | — | |
| 1978 | West Virginia State Senate, District 14 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Lindsay has held
- West Virginia State Senate, District 8 · 2018–2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Lindsay has run against
- Mark A. Hunt (R) · 2022 election, lost
- Ed Gaunch (R) · 2018 election, won
- Ramona Cerra (D) · 1990 election, lost
- William A. Moreland (D) · 1978 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive