RepublicanNot in office · last served 1986Last on a ballot: Nov 1982
Richard Thornburgh
Last held office: Governor of Pennsylvania (1978–1986). Ran in 2 elections between 1978 and 1982, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +2.8
- Won 1982
- Elections
- 2
- 1978–1982
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Thornburgh 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 Thornburgh has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Thornburgh won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Governor of Pennsylvania | General | Won | Allen E. Ertel (D) | 51.4% | R+2.8 | R+7.7 | |
| 1978 | Governor of Pennsylvania | General | Won | Peter Flaherty (D) | 53.1% | R+6.2 | D+2.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Thornburgh has held
- Governor of Pennsylvania · 1978–1986
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Thornburgh has run against
- Allen E. Ertel (D) · 1982 election, won
- Peter Flaherty (D) · 1978 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive