2002 Maryland Senate election

2002 Maryland Senate election

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All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Miller J. Lowell Stoltzfus
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 21, 1987 September 27, 2001
Leader's seat 27th district 38th district
Last election 34 13
Seats won 33 14
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

President

Mike Miller
Democratic

The 2002 Maryland Senate election were held on November 5, 2002, to elect senators in all 47 districts of the Maryland Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Maryland.

Summary

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Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 15, 1.91% (gain)
  2. State Senate district 13, 2.03%
  3. State Senate district 13, 2.08%
  4. State Senate district 33, 8.42% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

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Democrats

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  1. District 18: Chris Van Hollen retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district.[1]
  2. District 41: Clarence W. Blount retired.[2]
  3. District 46: Perry Sfikas retired.[3]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 21: Arthur Dorman lost renomination to John A. Giannetti Jr.[4]
  2. District 41: Barbara A. Hoffman lost a redistricting race to state delegate Lisa Gladden.[4]
  3. District 44: Clarence Mitchell IV lost renomination to Verna L. Jones.[4]

Republicans

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In general elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 7: Diane DeCarlo lost a redistricting race to incumbent Andy Harris.[5]
  2. District 33: Robert R. Neall lost to Janet Greenip.[6]
  3. District 36: Walter M. Baker lost to E. J. Pipkin.[7]

Republicans

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  1. District 15: Jean Roesser lost to Robert J. Garagiola.[8]

Detailed results

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District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47

All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.[9]

District 1

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Maryland Senate District 1 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Hafer (incumbent) 29,602 99.4
Write-in 180 0.6
Republican hold

District 2

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Maryland Senate District 2 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald F. Munson (incumbent) 23,640 70.5
Democratic Mary E. Newby 9,859 29.4
Write-in 17 0.1
Republican hold

District 3

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Maryland Senate District 3 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 21,617 55.0
Democratic Sue Hecht 17,654 44.9
Write-in 66 0.2
Republican hold

District 4

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Republican primary

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Maryland Senate District 4 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David R. Brinkley 5,559 52.8
Republican Timothy R. Ferguson (incumbent) 4,005 38.1
Republican David P. Gray 958 9.1

General election

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Maryland Senate District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David R. Brinkley 29,231 76.4
Democratic Timothy Schlauch 8,957 23.4
Write-in 82 0.2
Republican hold

District 5

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Maryland Senate District 5 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry E. Haines (incumbent) 35,749 74.2
Democratic Ronald Zepp 12,399 25.7
Write-in 49 0.1
Republican hold

District 6

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Maryland Senate District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Norman R. Stone Jr. 25,156 98.1
Write-in 492 1.9
Democratic hold

District 7

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 7 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diane DeCarlo (incumbent) 7,531 80.0
Democratic Jerry Hersi 1,884 20.0

General election

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Maryland Senate District 7 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Harris (incumbent) 23,374 57.8
Democratic Diane DeCarlo (incumbent) 16,991 42.1
Write-in 44 0.1
Republican hold

District 8

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Democratic state senator Thomas L. Bromwell resigned from the Maryland Senate on May 24, 2002, after Governor Parris Glendening appointed him to chair the Maryland Injured Workers' Insurance Fund. John R. Schneider, who Glendening appointed to replace Bromwell in the Senate, died from colon cancer on August 27, 2002.[10] Therefore, the seat had no incumbent state senator.

Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 8 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine A. Klausmeier 10,463 85.2
Democratic Raymond C. Shiflet 1,815 14.8

General election

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Maryland Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine A. Klausmeier 24,590 58.5
Republican John W. E. Cluster Jr. 17,426 41.4
Write-in 55 0.1
Democratic hold

District 9

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Maryland Senate District 9 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert H. Kittleman (incumbent) 40,133 98.2
Write-in 746 1.8
Republican hold

District 10

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Maryland Senate District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Delores G. Kelley (incumbent) 29,638 80.8
Republican Robbie Page 6,981 19.0
Write-in 63 0.2
Democratic hold

District 11

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 11 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Hollinger (incumbent) 13,428 83.2
Democratic Larry L. LeDoyen 2,705 16.8

General election

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Maryland Senate District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Hollinger (incumbent) 29,009 62.5
Republican Alan P. Zukerberg 17,336 37.4
Write-in 46 0.1
Democratic hold

District 12

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 12 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent) 9,269 83.1
Democratic Frank C. Fillmore Jr. 1,889 16.9

General election

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Maryland Senate District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent) 25,537 63.2
Republican Mike Sneeringer 14,843 36.7
Write-in 49 0.1
Democratic hold

District 13

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Republican primary

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Maryland Senate District 13 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sandra B. Schrader (incumbent) 3,732 74.4
Republican Edward L. Patrick 1,286 25.6

General election

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Maryland Senate District 13 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sandra B. Schrader (incumbent) 20,375 51.0
Democratic C. Vernon Gray 19,563 49.0
Write-in 32 0.1
Republican hold

District 14

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In January 2002, Governor Parris Glendening appointed Robert H. Kittleman to succeed Christopher J. McCabe in the Maryland Senate[11] following his resignation to serve as the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.[12] Following redistricting, the district had no incumbent.[13]

Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 14 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rona E. Kramer 5,369 46.4
Democratic Tod David Sher 4,900 42.3
Democratic Matthew Mossburg 1,314 11.3

General election

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Maryland Senate District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rona E. Kramer 22,938 60.7
Republican Jorge Ribas 14,773 39.1
Write-in 51 0.1
Democratic hold

District 15

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Maryland Senate District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert J. Garagiola 20,121 50.9
Republican Jean Roesser (incumbent) 19,366 49.0
Write-in 18 0.1
Democratic gain from Republican

District 16

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Maryland Senate District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian Frosh (incumbent) 32,478 72.1
Republican Tom Devor 12,563 27.9
Write-in 30 0.1
Democratic hold

District 17

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 17 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennie M. Forehand (incumbent) 8,204 81.8
Democratic Sidney Altman 1,825 18.2

General election

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Maryland Senate District 17 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennie M. Forehand (incumbent) 21,494 71.0
Republican Roy A. Burke II 8,737 28.9
Write-in 30 0.1
Democratic hold

District 18

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 18 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sharon M. Grosfeld 7,527 48.9
Democratic Steven P. Hollman 6,220 40.4
Democratic Michael C. Griffiths 1,643 10.7

General election

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Maryland Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sharon M. Grosfeld 28,504 97.0
Write-in 877 3.0
Democratic hold

District 19

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Republican primary

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Maryland Senate District 19 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Siguenza 2,110 58.7
Republican Luis F. Columba 1,483 41.3

General election

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Maryland Senate District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leonard Teitelbaum (incumbent) 25,825 69.8
Republican Lynn Siguenza 11,146 30.1
Write-in 37 0.1
Democratic hold

District 20

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Maryland Senate District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ida G. Ruben (incumbent) 22,738 82.1
Republican John W. Wrightson 4,885 17.6
Write-in 68 0.3
Democratic hold

District 21

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 21 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Giannetti Jr. 4,365 51.3
Democratic Arthur Dorman (incumbent) 4,140 48.7

General election

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Maryland Senate District 21 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Giannetti Jr. 18,767 97.1
Write-in 564 2.9
Democratic hold

District 22

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 22 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul G. Pinsky (incumbent) 8,240 76.0
Democratic Richard R. Pilski 2,598 24.0

General election

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Maryland Senate District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul G. Pinsky (incumbent) 19,930 99.2
Write-in 169 0.8
Democratic hold

District 23

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 23 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo E. Green (incumbent) 9,406 56.5
Democratic Bobby G. Henry Jr. 7,252 43.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 23 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo E. Green (incumbent) 29,387 79.9
Republican Fran C. Shellenberger 7,374 20.0
Write-in 29 0.1
Democratic hold

District 24

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 24 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathaniel Exum (incumbent) 11,427 82.1
Democratic Milton Grady 2,496 17.9

General election

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Maryland Senate District 24 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathaniel Exum (incumbent) 21,570 99.6
Write-in 80 0.4
Democratic hold

District 25

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 25 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ulysses Currie (incumbent) 10,544 64.6
Democratic Sharrarne Morton 5,785 35.4

General election

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Maryland Senate District 25 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ulysses Currie (incumbent) 24,761 99.7
Write-in 85 0.3
Democratic hold

District 26

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 26 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gloria G. Lawlah (incumbent) 12,343 69.3
Democratic David Mercado Valderrama 3,240 18.2
Democratic Zalee G. Harris 2,222 12.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gloria G. Lawlah (incumbent) 12,343 99.4
Write-in 162 0.6
Democratic hold

District 27

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 27 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 9,708 62.1
Democratic Juanita D. Miller 5,203 33.3
Democratic Minerva Sanders 710 4.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 27 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 26,875 71.8
Republican Toni Jarboe-Duley 10,512 28.1
Write-in 31 0.1
Democratic hold

District 28

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Maryland Senate District 28 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Middleton (incumbent) 21,735 64.0
Republican Jim Easter 12,221 36.0
Write-in 16 0.1
Democratic hold

District 29

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Maryland Senate District 29 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roy Dyson (incumbent) 20,532 58.2
Republican Barbara R. Thompson 14,714 41.7
Write-in 20 0.1
Democratic hold

District 30

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Republican primary

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Maryland Senate District 30 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Smarick 4,569 66.1
Republican Nora Criss-McIntire Keenan 2,342 33.9

General election

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Maryland Senate District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Astle (incumbent) 24,799 55.4
Republican Andy Smarick 19,922 44.5
Write-in 44 0.1
Democratic hold

District 31

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Maryland Senate District 31 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Philip C. Jimeno (incumbent) 23,381 62.3
Republican David K. Kyle 14,100 37.6
Write-in 30 0.1
Democratic hold

District 32

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Maryland Senate District 32 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James E. DeGrange Sr. (incumbent) 19,623 59.2
Republican Terry R. Gilleland Jr. 13,490 40.7
Write-in 45 0.1
Democratic hold

District 33

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Maryland Senate District 33 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janet Greenip 27,512 54.2
Democratic Robert R. Neall (incumbent) 23,236 45.8
Write-in 24 0.1
Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

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Maryland Senate District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Jacobs (incumbent) 20,474 60.4
Democratic Art Helton 13,399 39.5
Write-in 45 0.1
Republican hold

District 35

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Republican primary

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Maryland Senate District 35 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Robert Hooper (incumbent) 7,600 63.1
Republican Kenneth E. Unitas 2,695 22.4
Republican Anthony M. DiPietro Jr. 1,741 14.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 35 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Robert Hooper (incumbent) 42,766 98.1
Write-in 817 1.9
Republican hold

District 36

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Maryland Senate District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican E. J. Pipkin 24,827 62.5
Democratic Walter M. Baker (incumbent) 14,898 37.5
Write-in 27 0.1
Republican gain from Democratic

District 37

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 37 Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Grason Eckel 6,530 76.5
Democratic Ronald K. Warden Sr. 2,005 23.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 37 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard F. Colburn (incumbent) 26,144 68.6
Democratic Grason Eckel 11,925 31.3
Write-in 39 0.1
Republican hold

District 38

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Maryland Senate District 38 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Lowell Stoltzfus (incumbent) 27,328 68.7
Democratic Robert Lee Marvel Jr. 12,432 31.2
Write-in 30 0.1
Republican hold

District 39

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 39 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick J. Hogan (incumbent) 5,448 71.7
Democratic David Bernhard 2,154 28.3

General election

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Maryland Senate District 39 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick J. Hogan (incumbent) 19,099 66.2
Republican Robin Ficker 9,689 33.6
Write-in 65 0.2
Democratic hold

District 40

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 40 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph M. Hughes (incumbent) 9,777 83.3
Democratic Desiree M. Dodson 1,957 16.7

General election

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Maryland Senate District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph M. Hughes (incumbent) 19,189 99.6
Write-in 81 0.4
Democratic hold

District 41

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 41 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Gladden 10,084 49.4
Democratic Barbara A. Hoffman (incumbent) 8,833 43.3
Democratic Frank Boston 1,486 7.3

General election

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Maryland Senate District 41 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Gladden 25,461 97.4
Write-in 673 2.6
Democratic hold

District 42

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Maryland Senate District 42 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Brochin 22,709 51.0
Republican Martha Scanlan Klima 21,781 48.9
Write-in 45 0.1
Democratic hold

District 43

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Maryland Senate District 43 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Carter Conway 24,244 99.5
Write-in 127 0.5
Democratic hold

District 44

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 44 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Verna L. Jones 7,384 68.5
Democratic Clarence Mitchell IV (incumbent) 3,389 31.5

General election

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Maryland Senate District 44 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Verna L. Jones 16,135 99.5
Write-in 80 0.5
Democratic hold

District 45

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 45 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathaniel J. McFadden (incumbent) 9,194 81.4
Democratic Frederick A. Broccolino 2,097 18.6

General election

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Maryland Senate District 45 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathaniel J. McFadden (incumbent) 19,016 84.0
Republican Gordon T. Gates 3,613 16.0
Write-in 19 0.1
Democratic hold

District 46

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Maryland Senate District 46 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George W. Della Jr. (incumbent) 16,825 99.0
Write-in 177 1.04
Democratic hold

District 47

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Democratic primary

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Maryland Senate District 47 Democratic primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gwendolyn T. Britt 3,078 34.0
Democratic Darren Swain 2,251 24.8
Democratic Tommie Broadwater 2,051 22.6
Democratic Malinda Genevia Miles 1,069 11.8
Democratic David Henry Otero 270 3.0
Democratic Kay Young 194 2.1
Democratic Allieu B. Kallay 150 1.7

General election

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Maryland Senate District 47 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gwendolyn T. Britt 14,163 99.4
Write-in 82 0.6
Democratic hold

References

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