DemocratNot in office · last served 1980Last on a ballot: May 1988

T. J. Scott

T. J. Scott ran in 10 elections between 1970 and 1988, winning 8. Served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (HD-MCDOWELL and District 14).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 18	Primary	Lost	Rich Murensky (D), Ernest Moore (D), Jerry K. Horne (D)	11.9%	−21.1
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	Primary	Lost	Booker T. Stephens (D), Ernest Moore (D), Rudolph J. Murensky II (D)	16.3%	−0.5
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	General	Won	Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Booker T. Stephens (D), James E. Tweedy (R)	29.6%	R+4.2
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	Primary	Won	Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Booker T. Stephens (D), Ernest Moore (D)	18.4%	−7.6
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	General	Won	Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Ernest Moore (D), Randall Horn (R)	30.6%	R+1.2
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	Primary	Won	Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Ernest Moore (D), Sid Cure (D)	19.8%	−6.7
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	General	Won	Ernest Moore (D), Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Gary Dennis Goode (R)	26.9%	R+0.6
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14	Primary	Won	Ernest Moore (D), Lacy Wright Jr. (D), Harry Pauley (D)	13.9%	−8.8
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, HD-MCDOWELL	General	Won	Ronnie McKenzie (D), Harry Pauley (D), Ernest Moore (D)	26.3%	D+0.4
1970	West Virginia House of Delegates, HD-MCDOWELL	General	Won	Ronnie McKenzie (D), Ernest Moore (D), Harry Pauley (D)	21%	R+1.4