DemocratNot in office · last served 2004Last on a ballot: Nov 2002
Rooney L. Bowen
Last held office: Georgia State Senate, District 13 (1980–2004). Ran in 22 elections between 1968 and 2002, winning 22.
- Last margin
- +4.6
- Won 2002
- Elections
- 22
- 1968–2002
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Bowen was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Georgia House of Representatives, District 47Georgia State Senate, District 13
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Bowen has run
Margin: how far Bowen finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Carden Summers (R) | 52.3% | D+4.6 |
| 2000 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Chuck White (R) | 69.6% | D+39.2 |
| 1996 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Chuck White (R) | 64.2% | D+28.4 |
| 1994 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1992 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | L. Harold Brooks (R) | 65.7% | D+31.5 |
| 1990 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | L. Harold Brooks (R) | 67.4% | D+34.7 |
| 1988 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1988 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1984 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1984 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1982 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1982 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1980 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1980 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Special | Won | Johnny Floyd (D) | 53.9% | D+7.8 |
| 1980 | Georgia State Senate, District 13 | Primary | Won | Johnny Floyd (D), Bob Wright (D), Jack D. Bryant (D) | 36.3% | +8.5 |
| 1970 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 47 | General | Won | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 49.1% | R+1.8 |
| 1970 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 47 | Primary | Won | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 48.5% | −3.0 |
| 1968 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 47 | General | Won | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 49% | R+2.0 |
| 1968 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 47 | Primary | Won | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 46.8% | −6.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Bowen has held
- Georgia State Senate, District 13 · 1980–2004
- Georgia House of Representatives, District 47 · 1968–1972
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Bowen has run against
- Carden Summers (R) · 2002 election, won
- Chuck White (R) · 1998 election, won
- L. Harold Brooks (R) · 1992 election, won
- Johnny Floyd (D) · 1980 special election, won
- Howard H. Rainey (D) · 1970 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive