1994 Maryland county executive elections

1994 Maryland county executive elections

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All 6 of Maryland's county executive seats
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 3 3 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 1 1
Democratic   50–60%   60–70% Republican   50-60%   60-70%

The Maryland county executive elections of 1994 took place on November 8, 1994. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County elected county executives.

Anne Arundel County

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John G. Gary, state delegate ^[1]

Declined

• Robert R. Neall, incumbent county executive ^[2]

Results

Republican primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Gary	Unopposed

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Theodore J. Sophocleus, state delegate and nominee for county executive in 1990 ^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• Robert Agee, former aide to county executive O. James Lighthizer ^[5]
• Louise Beauregard, perennial candidate ^[6]
• H. Erle Schafer, former state senator ^[7]
• Larry E. Walker, police corporal ^[7]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore J. Sophocleus	20,913	48.8%
	Democratic	Robert Agee	12,465	29.1%
	Democratic	H. Erie Schafer	4,659	10.9%
	Democratic	Larry E. Walker	3,120	7.3%
	Democratic	Louise Beauregard	1,678	3.9%

General election

Results

Anne Arundel County Executive election, 1994 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Gary	69,632	52.6%
	Democratic	Theodore J. Sophocleus	62,637	47.4%
	Republican hold

Baltimore County

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Roger B. Hayden, incumbent county executive ^[9]

Eliminated in primary

• Donald W. Brewer, former county ride-share coordinator ^[10]
• George Egbert, former police officer ^[11]

Results

Republican primary results ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger B. Hayden	22,017	68.9%
	Republican	Donald W. Brewer	8,033	25.1%
	Republican	George Egbert	1,917	6.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dutch Ruppersberger, county councilmember ^[13]

Eliminated in primary

• John C. Coolahan, associate judge of the Baltimore County Circuit Court ^[14]
• Melvin G. Mintz, county councilmember ^[15]
• Kevin Pearl, LaRouche movement activist ^[16]

Withdrawn

• Nancy L. Murphy, state senator (ran for re-election) ^[16]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dutch Ruppersberger	48,487	53.3%
	Democratic	Melvin G. Mintz	28,181	31.0%
	Democratic	John C. Coolahan	12,642	13.9%
	Democratic	Kevin Pearl	1,711	1.9%

General election

Results

Baltimore County Executive election, 1994 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dutch Ruppersberger	119,555	54.1%
	Republican	Roger B. Hayden (incumbent)	101,598	45.9%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Harford County

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Eileen M. Rehrmann, incumbent county executive ^[18]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen M. Rehrmann (incumbent)	Unopposed

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ronald Szczybor, financial advisor and business owner ^[20]

Results

Republican primary results ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Szczybor	Unopposed

General election

Results

Harford County Executive election, 1994 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen M. Rehrmann (incumbent)	38,623	62.3%
	Republican	Ronald M. Szczybor	23,418	37.7%
	Democratic hold

Howard County

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chuck Ecker, incumbent county executive ^[22]

Results

Republican primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Ecker (incumbent)	Unopposed

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Susan Gray, lawyer and community activist ^[24]

Eliminated in primary

• Sue-Ellen Hantman, former chair of the Howard County Democratic Central Committee ^[25]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Gray	10,084	52.7%
	Democratic	Sue-Ellen Hantman	9,037	47.3%

General election

Results

Howard County Executive election, 1994 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Ecker (incumbent)	44,749	64.4%
	Democratic	Susan Gray	24,765	35.6%
	Republican hold

Montgomery County

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Douglas Duncan, former mayor of Rockville ^[27]

Eliminated in primary

• Bruce Adams, county councilmember ^[28]
• Gus Bauman, county planning board member ^[29]

Declined

• Sidney Kramer, former county executive (endorsed Duncan) ^[30]
• Neal Potter, incumbent county executive (endorsed Adams) ^[31]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Duncan	34,261	43.0%
	Democratic	Bruce Adams	27,051	33.9%
	Democratic	Gus Bauman	18,447	23.1%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Stephen Abrams, member of the Montgomery County Board of Education ^[33]

Eliminated in primary

• Albert Ceccone, real estate consultant and perennial candidate ^[32]
• Allen Prettyman, police officer ^[34]
• Carol Trawick, business owner ^[35]

Results

Republican primary results ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Abrams	13,632	39.4%
	Republican	Carol Trawick	11,674	33.7%
	Republican	Allen Prettyman	4,963	14.3%
	Republican	Albert Ceccone	4,335	12.5%

General election

Results

Montgomery County Executive election, 1994 ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Duncan	60,773	63.6%
	Republican	Stephen N. Abrams	34,726	36.4%
	Democratic hold

Prince George's County

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Wayne Curry, lawyer and former president of the Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce ^[37]

Eliminated in primary

• Sue V. Mills, county councilmember ^[38]
• Artie Polk, pastor and candidate for county executive in 1990 ^[38]
• Beatrice P. Tignor, state senator ^[39]

Withdrawn

• Richard J. Castaldi, former mayor of Greenbelt (endorsed Mills) ^[40]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Curry	35,556	42.4%
	Democratic	Beatrice P. Tignor	30,297	36.1%
	Democratic	Sue V. Mills	17,062	20.3%
	Democratic	Artie Polk	951	1.1%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert B. Ostrom, lawyer ^[42]

Declined

• Charles A. Dukes, business executive ^[43]
• Larry Hogan, real estate broker, son of former county executive Lawrence Hogan, and nominee for Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1992 ^[43]
• Raymond LaPlaca, business executive ^[43]
• Michael Steele, lawyer ^[43]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert B. Ostrom	Unopposed

General election

Results

Prince George's County Executive election, 1994 ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Curry	103,423	67.3%
	Republican	Robert B. Ostrom	50,333	32.7%
	Democratic hold

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