DemocratNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 2014
Robert Alan Thornton Jr.
Last held office: Maryland House of Delegates, District 37 (1990–1994). Ran in 5 elections between 1990 and 2014, winning 2.
Last office: Maryland House of Delegates, District 37
- Last margin
- −19.0
- Lost 2014
- Elections
- 5
- 1990–2014
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Thornton was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1992199620002004200820122016202020242028
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Thornton has run
Margin: how far Thornton finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 36 | General | Lost | Jay Jacobs (R), Jeff Ghrist (R), Steve Arentz (R) | 10.8% | R+19.0 |
| 2014 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 36 | Primary | Won | Irving Pinder (D) | 51.7% | +3.4 |
| 1998 | Maryland State Senate, District 37 | General | Lost | Richard F. Colburn (R) | 41.4% | R+17.3 |
| 1994 | Maryland House of Delegates, HD-37B | General | Lost | Kenneth D. Schisler (R), Adelaide C. Eckardt (R), Philip Carey Foster (D) | 21.9% | R+13.6 |
| 1990 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 37 | General | Won | Samuel Q. Johnson III (D), Kenneth D. Schisler (R), Adelaide C. Eckardt (R) | 22.6% | R+0.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Thornton has held
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 37 · 1990–1994
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Thornton has run against
- Jay Jacobs (R) · 2014 election, lost
- Richard F. Colburn (R) · 1998 election, lost
- Kenneth D. Schisler (R) · 1994 election, lost
- Samuel Q. Johnson III (D) · 1990 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive