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DemocratNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 1990

W. F. Cosby Jr.

Last held office: Alabama House of Representatives, District 70 (1983–1994). Ran in 8 elections between 1978 and 1990, winning 7.

Last office: Alabama House of Representatives, District 70

Last margin
+72.6
Won 1978
Elections
8
1978–1990

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

Career

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

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Cosby has run

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

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
1990Alabama House of Representatives, District 70GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1986Alabama House of Representatives, District 70GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1983Alabama House of Representatives, District 70GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1982Alabama House of Representatives, District 85GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1982Alabama House of Representatives, District 85PrimaryWonMcLeod (D)64.7%+29.5
1978Alabama House of Representatives, District 85GeneralWonAdney Taylor (R)86.3%D+72.6
1978Alabama House of Representatives, District 85RunoffWonJ. L. Chestnut Jr. (D)58%+16.0
1978Alabama House of Representatives, District 85PrimaryLostJ. L. Chestnut Jr. (D), Mack Roberts (D), John D. Brown (D)41.7%+2.1

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Cosby has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Cosby has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive