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

Thomas A. Knight

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 (1982–1988). Ran in 11 elections between 1978 and 1988, winning 10.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	Primary	Lost	Charlotte Pritt (D), Mark Anthony Manchin (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	19%	−21.9
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Dee Caperton (D), Charlotte Pritt (D), John R. Hoblitzell (R)	4.6%	R+1.1
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Charlotte Pritt (D), Dee Caperton (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	5.9%	−0.2
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	John Wells (R), Charlotte Pritt (D), Charlotte Lane (R)	4.7%	R+0.1
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	June Bledsoe (D), Bonnie Brown (D), Sharon Spencer (D)	4.8%	−0.2
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	5.1%	R+1.7
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Lyle Sattes (D)	4.6%	−3.2
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), John Slack III (D)	4.1%	R+1.5
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Darrell E. Holmes (D)	3.8%	−2.1
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Leo Kopelman (R), John Wells (R)	4.1%	R+0.6
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Darrell E. Holmes (D), Roger W. Tompkins (D)	4.1%	−2.7