1986 Maryland Senate election

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1986 Maryland Senate election
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  1982 November 4, 1986 1990  

All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Melvin Steinberg (retired) John A. Cade
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 19831984
Leader's seat 11th district 9th district
Last election416
Seats won407
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

President before election

Melvin Steinberg
Democratic

President

Thomas V. Miller Jr.
Democratic

The 1986 Maryland Senate election were held on November 4, 1986, 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.

Contents

Following landslide victories for Paul Sarbanes and Harry Hughes in the 1982 elections, Republicans largely spent the following four years rebuilding the party. [1] The party began its 1986 campaigns in a strong position with White House aide Linda Chavez leading the ticket, [2] however, the party's status weakened as the election approached, with it shifting its focus away from legislative gains and toward limiting its legislative losses. [3]

Summary

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 16, 7.45%
  2. State Senate district 14, 8.12%

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 11: Melvin Steinberg retired to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland alongside William Donald Schaefer. [3]
  2. District 14: James Clark Jr. retired. [4]
  3. District 19: Sidney Kramer retired to run for Montgomery County Executive. [5]
  4. District 20: Stewart W. Bainum Jr. retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district. [6]
  5. District 25: B. W. Mike Donovan retired. [7]
  6. District 38: Joseph J. Long Sr. retired. [8]
  7. District 39: Clarence Mitchell III retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district. [9]

Detailed results

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. [10]

District 1

Maryland Senate District 1 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John N. Bambacus (incumbent) 16,370 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

Maryland Senate District 2 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Victor Cushwa (incumbent) 15,642 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

Maryland Senate District 3 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John W. Derr (incumbent) 15,553 68.4
Democratic Gerald Downs7,20031.6
Republican hold

District 4

Maryland Senate District 4 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles H. Smelser (incumbent) 12,673 56.4
Republican John Thompson9,80543.6
Democratic hold

District 5

Maryland Senate District 5 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raymond E. Beck (incumbent) 17,117 72.0
Democratic Robert E. Spellman6,65128.0
Republican hold

District 6

Maryland Senate District 6 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael J. Collins (incumbent) 13,434 80.0
Republican Teresa Mancuso Albright3,36820.0
Democratic hold

District 7

Maryland Senate District 7 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent) 18,779 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

Maryland Senate District 8 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas L. Bromwell (incumbent) 19,730 73.2
Republican Edward J. Glusing Jr.7,21126.8
Democratic hold

District 9

Maryland Senate District 9 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican F. Vernon Boozer (incumbent) 16,854 100.0
Republican hold

District 10

Maryland Senate District 10 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Francis X. Kelly (incumbent) 18,655 65.9
Republican Clarence E. Ritter9,65634.1
Democratic hold

District 11

Maryland Senate District 11 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paula Hollinger 23,475 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

Maryland Senate District 12 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John C. Coolahan (incumbent) 18,890 100.0
Democratic hold

District 13

Maryland Senate District 13 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas M. Yeager (incumbent) 15,264 62.3
Republican John C. Murphy9,23837.7
Democratic hold

District 14

Maryland Senate District 14 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edward J. Kasemeyer 19,388 54.1
Republican Christopher J. McCabe16,47545.9
Democratic hold

District 15

Maryland Senate District 15 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Laurence Levitan 20,607 63.4
Republican Robin Ficker 11,90836.6
Democratic hold

District 16

Maryland Senate District 16 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard A. Denis (incumbent) 19,345 53.7
Democratic Marilyn R. Goldwater 16,66146.3
Republican hold

District 17

Maryland Senate District 17 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic S. Frank Shore (incumbent) 15,621 69.2
Republican Jeffrey Wayne Skinner6,96730.8
Democratic hold

District 18

Maryland Senate District 18 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent) 19,163 72.8
Republican Susan Lee White7,16127.2
Democratic hold

District 19

Maryland Senate District 19 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Idamae Garrott 19,999 65.8
Republican Thomas P. Sheahan10,41334.2
Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland Senate District 20 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ida G. Ruben 18,906 72.9
Republican Stephen Leventhal7,02927.1
Democratic hold

District 21

Maryland Senate District 21 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arthur Dorman (incumbent) 12,341 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22

Maryland Senate District 22 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) 11,523 79.9
Republican Jo Mimms-Bolden2,90120.1
Democratic hold

District 23

Maryland Senate District 23 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Leo E. Green (incumbent) 16,828 76.2
Republican Michael B. Twigg5,26323.8
Democratic hold

District 24

Maryland Senate District 24 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Decatur "Bucky" Trotter (incumbent) 11,581 100.0
Democratic hold

District 25

Maryland Senate District 25 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Albert Wynn 10,853 85.6
Republican Gregory K. Washington1,82814.4
Democratic hold

District 26

Maryland Senate District 26 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank Komenda (incumbent) 12,691 83.8
Republican Thomas Douglas Chambers2,46016.2
Democratic hold

District 27

Maryland Senate District 27 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 15,507 81.6
Democratic Ronald R. Austin3,50218.4
Democratic hold

District 28

Maryland Senate District 28 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James C. Simpson (incumbent) 15,570 100.0
Democratic hold

District 29

Maryland Senate District 29 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bernie Fowler (incumbent) 15,392 72.5
Republican James D. Warn5,85127.5
Democratic hold

District 30

Maryland Senate District 30 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald W. Winegrad (incumbent) 16,287 64.9
Republican Charles Thomamm8,79335.1
Democratic hold

District 31

Maryland Senate District 31 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Philip C. Jimeno (incumbent) 16,999 100.0
Democratic hold

District 32

Maryland Senate District 32 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael J. Wagner (incumbent) 13,804 100.0
Democratic hold

District 33

Maryland Senate District 33 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John A. Cade (incumbent) 14,463 68.3
Democratic Robert J. Cancelliere6,72531.7
Republican hold

District 34

Maryland Senate District 34 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Catherine Riley (incumbent) 17,473 80.0
Republican Francis J. Eurice4,37420.0
Democratic hold

District 35

Maryland Senate District 35 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William H. Amoss (incumbent) 16,142 68.7
Republican James Cooper7,34031.3
Democratic hold

District 36

Maryland Senate District 36 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter M. Baker (incumbent) 12,204 58.2
Republican Bernard M. Hopkins8,77841.8
Democratic hold

District 37

Maryland Senate District 37 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frederick Malkus (incumbent) 15,912 100.0
Democratic hold

District 38

Maryland Senate District 38 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lewis R. Riley 14,974 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

Maryland Senate District 39 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael B. Mitchell 8,754 85.6
Republican Victor Clark Jr.1,47614.4
Democratic hold

District 40

Maryland Senate District 40 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Troy Brailey (incumbent) 11,584 96.2
Republican Melvin Stubbs4563.8
Democratic hold

District 41

Maryland Senate District 41 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clarence W. Blount (incumbent) 13,722 100.0
Democratic hold

District 42

Maryland Senate District 42 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara A. Hoffman 16,929 100.0
Democratic hold

District 43

Maryland Senate District 43 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John A. Pica Jr. (incumbent) 16,354 100.0
Democratic hold

District 44

Maryland Senate District 44 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julian L. Lapides (incumbent) 14,638 100.0
Democratic hold

District 45

Maryland Senate District 45 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nathan Irby (incumbent) 10,854 93.3
Republican Mary L. O'Brien7846.7
Democratic hold

District 46

Maryland Senate District 46 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph S. Bonvegna (incumbent) 16,160 100.0
Democratic hold

District 47

Maryland Senate District 47 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George W. Della Jr. (incumbent) 10,378 100.0
Democratic hold

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