DemocratNot in office · last served 2010Last on a ballot: Nov 2006

Ruth M. Kirk

Ruth M. Kirk ran in 9 elections between 1982 and 2006, winning 9. Served in the Maryland House of Delegates (District 39 and District 44).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2006	Maryland House of Delegates, District 44	General	Won	Melvin L. Stukes (D), Keith E. Haynes (D)	33.4%	R+0.7
2002	Maryland House of Delegates, District 44	General	Won	Keith E. Haynes (D), Jeffrey A. Paige (D), Arthur W. Cuffie Jr. (R)	33.1%	D+3.5
1998	Maryland House of Delegates, District 44	General	Won	Verna L. Jonesrodwell (D), Jeffrey A. Paige (D), Lisa M. Mitchell (I)	31.8%	R+5.7
1994	Maryland House of Delegates, District 44	General	Won	Clarence M. Mitchell IV (D), Elijah E. Cummings (D)	32.2%	R+1.7
1990	Maryland House of Delegates, District 39	General	Won	Elijah E. Cummings (D), John D. Jefferies (D)	33.2%	R+2.1
1986	Maryland House of Delegates, District 39	General	Won	Larry Young (D), Elijah E. Cummings (D)	32%	R+3.9
1986	Maryland House of Delegates, District 39	Primary	Won	Larry Young (D), Elijah E. Cummings (D), Isaiah Dixon III (D)	18.6%	−13.5
1982	Maryland House of Delegates, District 39	General	Won	Larry Young (D), Elijah E. Cummings (D)	32.5%	R+3.5
1982	Maryland House of Delegates, District 39	Primary	Won	Larry Young (D), Elijah E. Cummings (D), Isaiah Dixon III (D)	16.9%	−9.1