DemocratNot in office · last served 1995Last on a ballot: Nov 1991

Thomas F. Cowan Sr.

Last held office: New Jersey State Senate, District 32 (1983–1995). Ran in 6 elections between 1977 and 1991, winning 6.

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

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1991	New Jersey State Senate, District 32	General	Won	Charles J. Catrillo (R), Herbert H. Shaw (I)	57.1%	D+17.7
1987	New Jersey State Senate, District 32	General	Won	Charles J. Catrillo (R), Herbert H. Shaw (I)	66.4%	D+33.9
1983	New Jersey State Senate, District 32	General	Won	Joseph A. Plonski (R), Herbert H. Shaw (I)	63.8%	D+31.3
1981	New Jersey General Assembly, District 32	General	Won	Robert C. Janiszewski (D), John Errico (R), Mary Ann Knabner (R)	31.8%	R+0.1
1979	New Jersey General Assembly, District 32	General	Won	Robert C. Janiszewski (D), Vincent Saporito (R), Frank J. Cimo (R)	35.5%	R+1.2
1977	New Jersey General Assembly, District 32	General	Won	Robert C. Janiszewski (D), Anthony Dagostino (R), Vincent Saporito (R)	34.2%	D+0.2