DemocratNot in office · last served 1982Last on a ballot: Sep 1986
Walter R. Dean Jr.
Last held office: Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 (1974–1982). Ran in 7 elections between 1970 and 1986, winning 5.
- Last margin
- −2.4
- Won 1978
- Elections
- 7
- 1970–1986
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Dean was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Maryland House of Delegates, District 41
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Dean has run
Margin: how far Dean finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | Primary | Lost | Margaret H. Murphy (D), Nathaniel T. Oaks (D), Frank D. Boston Jr. (D) | 11.1% | −21.0 |
| 1982 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | Primary | Lost | Margaret H. Murphy (D), Wendell H. Phillips (D), Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) | 12.6% | −10.1 |
| 1978 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | General | Won | Margaret H. Murphy (D), Wendell H. Phillips (D) | 32.2% | R+2.4 |
| 1978 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | Primary | Won | Wendell H. Phillips (D), Margaret H. Murphy (D), Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) | 14.7% | −1.5 |
| 1974 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | General | Won | Arthur G. Murphy Sr. (D), Pinkney A. Howell (D), Carl M. Adair (R) | 27.9% | R+2.3 |
| 1974 | Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 | Primary | Won | Pinkney A. Howell (D), Arthur G. Murphy Sr. (D), Wendell H. Phillips (D) | 13.1% | −1.2 |
| 1970 | Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore city 5 | General | Won | Alan M. Resnick (D), Murray Abramson (D), Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | 11.2% | R+1.2 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Dean has held
- Maryland House of Delegates, District 41 · 1974–1982
- Maryland House of Delegates, District BALTIMORECITY 5 · 1970–1974
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Dean has run against
- Margaret H. Murphy (D) · 1978 election, won
- Arthur G. Murphy Sr. (D) · 1974 election, won
- Alan M. Resnick (D) · 1970 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive