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2018 Maryland Senate election

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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.

2018 Maryland Senate election
← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →
All 47 seats in the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Miller J.B. Jennings
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 21, 1987 November 12, 2014
Leader's seat 27th District 7th District
Last election 33 seats 14 seats
Seats before 33 14
Seats won 32 15
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,446,326 742,827
Percentage 64.9% 33.3%
Swing Increase 6.12% Decrease 7.51%
The 2018 Maryland Senate election
Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

Elected President

Mike Miller
Democratic

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%:

  1. State Senate district 34, 0.39%
  2. State Senate district 9, 1.74% (gain)
  3. State Senate district 42, 2.02% (gain)
  4. State Senate district 8, 2.23%
  5. State Senate district 38, 5.39% (gain)
  6. State Senate district 33, 7.03%
  7. State Senate district 30, 9.23%

Election results edit

All election results are from the Maryland Board of Elections.[2]

District 1 edit

2018 Maryland's 1st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George C. Edwards (incumbent) 34,966 98.3%
Write-in 593 1.7%
Total votes 35,559 100%
Republican hold

District 2 edit

2018 Maryland's 2nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 3rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 4th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 5th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 6th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 7th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 8th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 9th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 10th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 11th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Zirkin (incumbent) 40,472 96.9%
Write-in 1,299 3.1%
Total votes 41,771 100%
Democratic hold

District 12 edit

2018 Maryland's 12th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 13th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Guy Guzzone (incumbent) 47,309 97.4%
Write-in 1,267 2.6%
Total votes 48,576 100%
Democratic hold

District 14 edit

2018 Maryland's 14th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 15th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 16th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 17th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 18th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Waldstreicher 41,360 97.6%
Write-in 1,009 2.4%
Total votes 42,369 100%
Democratic hold

District 19 edit

2018 Maryland's 19th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 20th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 21st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 22nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 23rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 24th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joanne C. Benson (incumbent) 44,568 99.2%
Write-in 338 0.8%
Total votes 44,906 100%
Democratic hold

District 25 edit

2018 Maryland's 25th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melony G. Griffith 44,390 99.4%
Write-in 253 0.6%
Total votes 44,643 100%
Democratic hold

District 26 edit

2018 Maryland's 26th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 27th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 28th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 29th Senate district election
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

2018 Maryland's 30th Senate district election
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

2018 Maryland's 31st Senate district election
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

2018 Maryland's 32nd Senate district election
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

2018 Maryland's 33rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 34th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 35th Senate district election
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

2018 Maryland's 36th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 37th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 38th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 39th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 40th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Antonio Hayes 26,960 98.7%
Write-in 349 1.3%
Total votes 27,309 100%
Democratic hold

District 41 edit

2018 Maryland's 41st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jill P. Carter (incumbent) 33,284 98.2%
Write-in 616 1.8%
Total votes 33,900 100%
Democratic hold

District 42 edit

2018 Maryland's 42nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 43rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary L. Washington 35,972 98.8%
Write-in 423 1.2%
Total votes 36,395 100%
Democratic hold

District 44 edit

2018 Maryland's 44th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 45th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cory V. McCray 29,608 98.8%
Write-in 373 1.2%
Total votes 29,981 100%
Democratic hold

District 46 edit

2018 Maryland's 46th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2018 Maryland's 47th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

  1. ^ Kurtz, Josh (November 7, 2018). "GOP's 'Drive for Five' Stalls". Maryland Matters. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Official 2018 Gubernatorial General Election Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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