Elections for the Maryland Senate were held on November 6, 2018, with all 47 seats being contested. Republicans had initially hoped to break the Democrats' supermajority in the upper chamber by knocking off five incumbents, known as their "Drive for Five" plan.[1] Though they did make a net gain of one seat, they came short of their goal. Three seats switched hands: District 9 in Carroll and Howard Counties flipped from Republican to Democratic while District 38 in Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties and District 42 in Baltimore County both flipped from Democrats to Republicans.
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The Maryland Senate has been in Democratic hands since the elections of 1900. Despite Governor Larry Hogan's success in his gubernatorial race at the top of the ticket, nobody expected Republicans to come close to recapturing the majority. In terms of popular vote, Maryland's Republican Senate candidates performed significantly worse than they previously had in 2014.
Summary edit
Closest races edit
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 34, 0.39%
- State Senate district 9, 1.74% (gain)
- State Senate district 42, 2.02% (gain)
- State Senate district 8, 2.23%
- State Senate district 38, 5.39% (gain)
- State Senate district 33, 7.03%
- State Senate district 30, 9.23%
Election results edit
All election results are from the Maryland Board of Elections.[2]
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George C. Edwards (incumbent) | 34,966 | 98.3% | |
Write-in | 593 | 1.7% | ||
Total votes | 35,559 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andrew A. Serafini (incumbent) | 29,798 | 71.7% | |
Green | Jenna L. Roland | 11,631 | 28.0% | |
Write-in | 158 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 41,587 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald N. Young (incumbent) | 30,391 | 58.5% | |
Republican | Craig Giangrande | 21,471 | 41.3% | |
Write-in | 114 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 51,976 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael Hough (incumbent) | 35,240 | 59.1% | |
Democratic | Jessica Douglass | 24,358 | 40.8% | |
Write-in | 47 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 59,645 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin Ready (incumbent) | 39,568 | 71.5% | |
Democratic | Jamie O'Marr | 15,739 | 28.4% | |
Write-in | 63 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 55,370 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Ray Salling (incumbent) | 19,511 | 55.3% | |
Democratic | Buddy Staigerwald | 14,108 | 40.0% | |
Independent | Scott M. Collier | 1,631 | 4.6% | |
Write-in | 23 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 35,273 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. B. Jennings (incumbent) | 40,070 | 66.9% | |
Democratic | Donna Hines | 19,780 | 33.0% | |
Write-in | 69 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 59,919 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine A. Klausmeier (incumbent) | 24,332 | 51.1% | |
Republican | Christian Miele | 23,271 | 48.8% | |
Write-in | 45 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 47,648 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katie Fry Hester | 33,493 | 50.8% | |
Republican | Gail H. Bates (incumbent) | 32,347 | 49.1% | |
Write-in | 52 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 65,892 | 100% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Delores G. Kelley (incumbent) | 38,005 | 80.3% | |
Republican | Stephanie Boston | 9,229 | 19.5% | |
Write-in | 74 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 47,308 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Zirkin (incumbent) | 40,472 | 96.9% | |
Write-in | 1,299 | 3.1% | ||
Total votes | 41,771 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence Lam | 32,730 | 66.1% | |
Republican | Joseph D. "Joe" Hooe | 16,747 | 33.8% | |
Write-in | 46 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 49,523 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Guy Guzzone (incumbent) | 47,309 | 97.4% | |
Write-in | 1,267 | 2.6% | ||
Total votes | 48,576 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Craig Zucker (incumbent) | 40,262 | 72.6% | |
Republican | Robert Drozd | 15,177 | 27.1% | |
Write-in | 52 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 55,491 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Feldman (incumbent) | 38,771 | 72.0% | |
Republican | David Wilson | 15,000 | 27.9% | |
Write-in | 46 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 53,817 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Susan C. Lee (incumbent) | 48,822 | 80.1% | |
Republican | Marcus Alzona | 12,052 | 19.8% | |
Write-in | 61 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 60,935 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cheryl Kagan (incumbent) | 36,147 | 79.0% | |
Republican | Josephine J. Wang | 9,529 | 20.8% | |
Write-in | 62 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 45,738 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Waldstreicher | 41,360 | 97.6% | |
Write-in | 1,009 | 2.4% | ||
Total votes | 42,369 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin F. Kramer | 39,393 | 88.0% | |
Green | David Jeang | 4,795 | 10.7% | |
Write-in | 574 | 1.3% | ||
Total votes | 44,762 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William C. Smith Jr. (incumbent) | 42,069 | 90.8% | |
Republican | Dwight Patel | 4,236 | 9.1% | |
Write-in | 35 | 0.1% | ||
Independent | Vardly E. "North" St. Preux (write-in) | 5 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 46,345 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Rosapepe (incumbent) | 32,262 | 77.5% | |
Republican | Lee Havis | 9,311 | 22.4% | |
Write-in | 59 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 41,632 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul G. Pinsky (incumbent) | 33,849 | 92.4% | |
Libertarian | Lauren K. Drew | 2,633 | 7.2% | |
Write-in | 136 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 36,618 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Douglas J. J. Peters (incumbent) | 53,176 | 98.6% | |
Write-in | 769 | 1.4% | ||
Total votes | 53,495 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joanne C. Benson (incumbent) | 44,568 | 99.2% | |
Write-in | 338 | 0.8% | ||
Total votes | 44,906 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Melony G. Griffith | 44,390 | 99.4% | |
Write-in | 253 | 0.6% | ||
Total votes | 44,643 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Obie Patterson | 42,929 | 92.5% | |
Republican | Ike Puzon | 3,280 | 7.1% | |
Write-in | 183 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 46,392 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) | 39,664 | 66.0% | |
Republican | Jesse Allen Peed | 20,359 | 33.9% | |
Write-in | 111 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 60,134 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Arthur Ellis | 37,585 | 66.2% | |
Republican | Bill Dotson | 19,063 | 33.6% | |
Write-in | 145 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 56,793 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Bailey | 28,918 | 60.2% | |
Democratic | Thomas Brewer | 19,017 | 39.6% | |
Write-in | 96 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 48,031 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Sarah Elfreth | 29,736 | 53.8% | |
Republican | Ron George | 24,639 | 44.6% | |
Libertarian | Christopher Wallace, Sr. | 826 | 1.5% | |
Write-in | 38 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 55,239 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bryan Simonaire (incumbent) | 29,489 | 61.0% | |
Democratic | Scott Harman | 18,778 | 38.9% | |
Write-in | 61 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 48,328 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pamela Beidle | 30,384 | 66.4% | |
Republican | John Grasso | 15,306 | 33.4% | |
Write-in | 70 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 45,760 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edward R. Reilly (incumbent) | 34,884 | 53.5% | |
Democratic | Eve Hurwitz | 30,298 | 46.4% | |
Write-in | 51 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 65,233 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Cassilly (incumbent) | 24,445 | 50.1% | |
Democratic | Mary-Dulany James | 24,256 | 49.7% | |
Write-in | 87 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 48,788 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason C. Gallion | 33,813 | 67.3% | |
Independent | Frank Esposito | 10,600 | 21.1% | |
Libertarian | Christopher Randers-Pehrson | 5,632 | 11.2% | |
Write-in | 222 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 50,267 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stephen S. Hershey Jr. (incumbent) | 33,028 | 65.1% | |
Democratic | Heather Lynette Sinclair | 17,691 | 34.9% | |
Write-in | 32 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 50,751 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adelaide C. Eckardt (incumbent) | 29,520 | 59.9% | |
Democratic | Holly Wright | 19,691 | 40.0% | |
Write-in | 56 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 49,267 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mary Beth Carozza | 25,731 | 52.6% | |
Democratic | James N. Mathias Jr. (incumbent) | 23,098 | 47.3% | |
Write-in | 44 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 48,873 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy J. King (incumbent) | 32,417 | 79.3% | |
Republican | Al Phillips | 8,434 | 20.6% | |
Write-in | 53 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 40,904 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Antonio Hayes | 26,960 | 98.7% | |
Write-in | 349 | 1.3% | ||
Total votes | 27,309 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jill P. Carter (incumbent) | 33,284 | 98.2% | |
Write-in | 616 | 1.8% | ||
Total votes | 33,900 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris West | 29,100 | 51.0% | |
Democratic | Robbie Leonard | 27,949 | 49.0% | |
Write-in | 46 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 57,095 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mary L. Washington | 35,972 | 98.8% | |
Write-in | 423 | 1.2% | ||
Total votes | 36,395 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 44 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (incumbent) | 34,834 | 84.5% | |
Republican | Victor Clark, Jr. | 6,280 | 15.2% | |
Write-in | 86 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 41,200 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cory V. McCray | 29,608 | 98.8% | |
Write-in | 373 | 1.2% | ||
Total votes | 29,981 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 46 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Ferguson (incumbent) | 26,203 | 78.2% | |
Republican | Christine Digman | 7,238 | 21.6% | |
Write-in | 60 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 33,501 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 47 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Malcolm Augustine | 23,983 | 93.0% | |
Republican | Fred Price Jr. | 1,777 | 6.9% | |
Write-in | 33 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 25,793 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
References edit
- ^ Kurtz, Josh (November 7, 2018). "GOP's 'Drive for Five' Stalls". Maryland Matters. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "Official 2018 Gubernatorial General Election Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 19, 2020.