The 1982 Maryland Senate elections were held on November 2, 1982, as part of the 1982 United States elections, including the 1982 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 47 of Maryland's state senators were up for reelection.
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Leading up to the 1982 elections, Republicans were hopeful to gain seats in the legislature, citing Lawrence Hogan and Robert A. Pascal leading the party's ticket in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections, and Ronald Reagan's strong performance in the state during the 1980 United States presidential election and subsequent legislative accomplishments. However, the elections provided to be a major setback for the party as Democrats were able to gain one seat from the Republicans in the state Senate, and Hogan and Pascal lost their elections in landslides.[1]
Summary edit
Closest races edit
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 16, 1.73%
- State Senate district 9, 4.36%
- State Senate district 30, 4.47%
- State Senate district 15, 8.59%
Retiring incumbents edit
Democrats edit
- District 22: Richard A. Palumbo retired to run for the Maryland House of Delegates.[2]
- District 24: Mary A. Conroy retired.[3]
- District 32: H. Erle Schafer retired to run for Harford County Executive.[4]
- District 37: Harry J. McGuirk retired to run for governor of Maryland.[5]
- District 43: J. Joseph Curran Jr. retired to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland alongside Harry Hughes.[6]
- District 44: Louise G. Murphy retired.[7]
Republicans edit
- District 11: Robert E. Stroble retired.[8]
Incumbents defeated edit
In primary elections edit
Democrats edit
- District 7: Patrick T. Welsh lost renomination to Norman R. Stone Jr.[9]
- District 12: Timothy R. Hickman lost renomination to John C. Coolahan.[9]
- District 34: Art Helton lost renomination to Catherine Riley.[10]
- District 40: Verda Welcome lost renomination to Troy Brailey.[11]
- District 45: Robert Douglass lost renomination to Nathan Irby.[12]
- District 45: Cornell N. Dypski lost renomination to Joseph S. Bonvegna.[13]
Republicans edit
- District 1: Edward J. Mason lost renomination to John N. Bambacus.[12]
Detailed results edit
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 |
All election results are from the 1983-1984 edition of the Maryland Manual.[14]
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John N. Bambacus | 19,173 | 74.2 | ||
Democratic | Holmes R. Atkinson | 6,667 | 25.8 | ||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Victor Cushwa (incumbent) | 13,769 | 63.2 | ||
Republican | Terrance Bache | 8,026 | 36.8 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Edward P. Thomas (incumbent) | 14,914 | 64.0 | ||
Democratic | Raymond W. Kline | 8,401 | 36.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Charles H. Smelser (incumbent) | 12,945 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Raymond E. Beck | 13,567 | 57.1 | ||
Democratic | Roger L. Mann | 10,193 | 42.9 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Dennis F. Rasmussen (incumbent) | 15,438 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent) | 20,466 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Thomas L. Bromwell | 16,483 | 66.2 | ||
Republican | John P. Quinn | 8,434 | 33.8 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | F. Vernon Boozer (incumbent) | 16,128 | 52.2 | ||
Democratic | Mark C. Medairy Jr. | 14,781 | 47.8 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Francis X. Kelly (incumbent) | 16,958 | 64.0 | ||
Republican | Kenneth W. Fowler | 9,524 | 36.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Melvin Steinberg (incumbent) | 24,109 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | John C. Coolahan | 17,948 | 74.0 | ||
Republican | John J. Wazniak Jr. | 6,290 | 26.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Thomas M. Yeager | 15,167 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | James Clark Jr. (incumbent) | 20,809 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Laurence Levitan (incumbent) | 15,170 | 51.9 | ||
Republican | Allan C. Levey | 12,661 | 43.3 | ||
Write-in | 1,386 | 4.7 | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Howard A. Denis (incumbent) | 17,502 | 50.9 | ||
Democratic | Brian Frosh | 16,906 | 49.1 | ||
Republican hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | S. Frank Shore (incumbent) | ||||
Republican | Phyllis B. Fordham | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent) | 20,283 | 73.8 | ||
Republican | Donald H. Dalton | 7,192 | 26.2 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Sidney Kramer (incumbent) | 21,812 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Stewart W. Bainum Jr. | 18,561 | 71.3 | ||
Republican | Stephen R. Leventhal | 7,466 | 28.7 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Arthur Dorman (incumbent) | 14,042 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) | 13,331 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Leo E. Green | 16,429 | 70.4 | ||
Republican | Burton W. Oliver | 6,915 | 29.6 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Tommie Broadwater (incumbent) | 12,203 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | B. W. Mike Donovan (incumbent) | 9,951 | 73.4 | ||
Republican | James Whitehead | 2,948 | 21.7 | ||
Write-in | 658 | 4.9 | |||
Democratic hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Frank J. Komenda | 13,491 | 80.2 | ||
Republican | George L. Price | 3,330 | 19.8 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) | 14,456 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | James C. Simpson (incumbent) | 14,943 | 80.7 | ||
Republican | Saad Kassem | 3,567 | 19.3 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Bernie Fowler | 14,449 | 70.3 | ||
Republican | David M. King (incumbent) | 6,114 | 29.7 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Gerald W. Winegard | 12,972 | 52.2 | ||
Republican | P. Tyson Bennett | 11,861 | 47.8 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jerome F. Connell Sr. (incumbent) | 14,505 | 61.9 | ||
Republican | Thomas J. Harden III | 8,913 | 38.1 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Michael J. Wagner | 13,546 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John A. Cade (incumbent) | 12,803 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Catherine Riley | 16,818 | 78.9 | ||
Republican | Dorothy A. Wilson | 4,508 | 21.1 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | William H. Amoss | 18,682 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Walter M. Baker (incumbent) | 12,459 | 58.9 | ||
Republican | Bernard M. Hopkins | 8,703 | 41.1 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Frederick Malkus (incumbent) | 16,101 | 70.3 | ||
Republican | Rose Marie Spanagel | 6,810 | 29.7 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Joseph J. Long Sr. (incumbent) | 18,575 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Clarence Mitchell III (incumbent) | 13,973 | 91.3 | ||
Republican | Leana B. Thomas | 1,328 | 8.7 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Troy Brailey | 15,278 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Clarence W. Blount (incumbent) | 18,250 | 94.7 | ||
Republican | Otis E. Lee Sr. | 1,027 | 5.3 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Rosalie Silber Abrams (incumbent) | 19,673 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | John A. Pica Jr. | 17,025 | 68.0 | ||
Republican | Richard D. Bennett | 7,995 | 32.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 44 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Julian L. Lapides (incumbent) | 17,827 | 87.7 | ||
Republican | John T. Smith | 2,491 | 12.3 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Nathan Irby | 14,756 | 93.9 | ||
Republican | James D. David | 951 | 6.1 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 46 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Joseph S. Bonvegna (incumbent) | 18,066 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 47 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | George W. Della Jr. | 12,321 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
References edit
- ^ Feinstein, John (December 12, 1982). "Square One For Md. GOP". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Hosler, Karen (August 7, 1982). "Legislators find no joy in session". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hosler, Karen (July 17, 1982). "2 exits in GOP assure Hogan of Senate bid". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ LoLordo, Ann (August 11, 1982). "Police lodge endorses Schafer for executive". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McGuirk enters race for governor". Carroll County Times. March 17, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gilbert, Kelly (May 13, 1982). "Curran, for one, in line for No. 2 job". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Himowitz, Michael J. (February 18, 1982). "Louise Murphy picked for city Senate seat". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carson, Larry (April 28, 1982). "Baltimore Co.'s Stroble won't seek re-election". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b McCord, Joel (September 15, 1982). "Dale Anderson makes political comeback; Coolahan, Stone win". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big Wins For Riley And Freeman". The Aegis. September 16, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Verda Welcome is shocked by close loss to Troy Brailey". The Baltimore Sun. September 15, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Primary Elections, 1982". The Baltimore Sun. September 16, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Olesker, Michael (September 16, 1982). "In East Baltimore, slow day at the polls, grim evening at a bar". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maryland Manual" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. 1983. Retrieved December 14, 2023.