1986 Maryland Senate election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1986 Maryland Senate election
| country = Maryland
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1982 Maryland Senate election
| previous_year = 1982
| election_date = November 4, 1986
| next_election = 1990 Maryland Senate election
| next_year = 1990
| seats_for_election= All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
| majority_seats = 24
| turnout =
| image_size = x150px
| image1 =
| leader1 = Melvin Steinberg (retired)
| party1 = Maryland Democratic Party
| leader_since1 = January 1983
| leaders_seat1 = 11th district
| last_election1 = 41
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 1
| seats1 = 40
| image2 =
| leader2 = John A. Cade
| party2 = Maryland Republican Party
| leader_since2 = 1984
| leaders_seat2 = 9th district
| last_election2 = 6
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| title = President
| before_election = Melvin Steinberg
| before_party = Maryland Democratic Party
| posttitle = President
| after_election = Thomas V. Miller Jr.
| after_party = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Elections in Maryland sidebar}}
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.
Following landslide victories for Paul Sarbanes and Harry Hughes in the 1982 elections, Republicans largely spent the following four years rebuilding the party.{{cite news |last1=Feinstein |first1=John |title=Square One For Md. GOP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/12/12/square-one-for-md-gop/4f653dca-96fc-403c-b1b8-121708fecb42/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=December 12, 1982}} The party began its 1986 campaigns in a strong position with White House aide Linda Chavez leading the ticket,{{cite news |last1=Sugawara |first1=Sandra |title=Chavez Lifts Md. GOP's Hopes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/01/24/chavez-lifts-md-gops-hopes/b6345cc8-6918-4c6a-a53b-5ed88ca9b8e2/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=January 24, 1986}} 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.{{cite news |title=MARYLAND: Promise Turns to Problems For Fragmented State GOP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/11/02/maryland-promise-turns-to-problems-for-fragmented-state-gop/aff17304-1c05-4429-b931-a8befdf10cda/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=November 2, 1986}}
Summary
= Closest races =
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:{{columns-list|# {{font color|red|State Senate district 16, 7.45%}}
- {{font color|blue|State Senate district 14, 8.12%}}
}}
Retiring incumbents
= Democrats =
- District 11: Melvin Steinberg retired to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland alongside William Donald Schaefer.
- District 14: James Clark Jr. retired.{{cite news |last1=Churchville |first1=Victoria |title=Leadership In Howard Is Up for Grabs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/08/17/leadership-in-howard-is-up-for-grabs/37483c53-1096-4837-8d6f-07406c52b413/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=August 17, 1986}}
- District 19: Sidney Kramer retired to run for Montgomery County Executive.{{cite news |last1=Melton |first1=R. H. |title=Kramer, Gannon Win Montgomery Executive Races |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/09/10/kramer-gannon-win-montgomery-executive-races/387b2bc1-3f8d-4a99-8156-6627f212bd76/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=September 10, 1986}}
- District 20: Stewart W. Bainum Jr. retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district.{{cite news |last1=Melton |first1=R. H. |title=Bainum Joins Md. Race for U.S. House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/02/03/bainum-joins-md-race-for-us-house/01512d5b-2ab2-4f62-9f88-34bb67c24e87/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=February 3, 1986}}
- District 25: B. W. Mike Donovan retired.{{cite news |last1=Vesey |first1=Tom |title=Md. Assembly to Get New Leadership |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/09/06/md-assembly-to-get-new-leadership/35bf3204-48cf-4197-b0f2-cac9066d6557/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=September 6, 1986}}
- District 38: Joseph J. Long Sr. retired.{{cite news |title=Riley, Others Eye Senate Seat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/281401892/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Daily Times |date=April 4, 1986 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- District 39: Clarence Mitchell III retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district.{{cite news |last1=Vesey |first1=Tom |title=Campaigning in Maryland |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/08/31/campaigning-in-maryland/9c90f43d-0ed8-4d18-a6b9-dc09f9d89f12/ |access-date=September 20, 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=August 31, 1986}}
Detailed results
| id=toc class=toc summary=Contents
| align=center | 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__NOTOC__ |
All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.{{cite web |title=1986 Gubernatorial Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1986/results_1986/index.html |website=elections.maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=September 19, 2023}}
= District 1 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 1 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = John N. Bambacus (incumbent)
|votes = 16,370
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 2 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 2 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Victor Cushwa (incumbent)
|votes = 15,642
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 3 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 3 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = John W. Derr (incumbent)
|votes = 15,553
|percentage = 68.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Gerald Downs
|votes = 7,200
|percentage = 31.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 4 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 4 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Charles H. Smelser (incumbent)
|votes = 12,673
|percentage = 56.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = John Thompson
|votes = 9,805
|percentage = 43.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 5 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 5 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Raymond E. Beck (incumbent)
|votes = 17,117
|percentage = 72.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Robert E. Spellman
|votes = 6,651
|percentage = 28.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 6 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 6 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Michael J. Collins (incumbent)
|votes = 13,434
|percentage = 80.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Teresa Mancuso Albright
|votes = 3,368
|percentage = 20.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 7 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 7 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent)
|votes = 18,779
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 8 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 8 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Thomas L. Bromwell (incumbent)
|votes = 19,730
|percentage = 73.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Edward J. Glusing Jr.
|votes = 7,211
|percentage = 26.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 9 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 9 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = F. Vernon Boozer (incumbent)
|votes = 16,854
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 10 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 10 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Francis X. Kelly (incumbent)
|votes = 18,655
|percentage = 65.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Clarence E. Ritter
|votes = 9,656
|percentage = 34.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 11 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 11 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Paula Hollinger
|votes = 23,475
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 12 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 12 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = John C. Coolahan (incumbent)
|votes = 18,890
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 13 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 13 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Thomas M. Yeager (incumbent)
|votes = 15,264
|percentage = 62.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = John C. Murphy
|votes = 9,238
|percentage = 37.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 14 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 14 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Edward J. Kasemeyer
|votes = 19,388
|percentage = 54.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Christopher J. McCabe
|votes = 16,475
|percentage = 45.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 15 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 15 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Laurence Levitan
|votes = 20,607
|percentage = 63.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Robin Ficker
|votes = 11,908
|percentage = 36.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 16 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 16 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Howard A. Denis (incumbent)
|votes = 19,345
|percentage = 53.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Marilyn R. Goldwater
|votes = 16,661
|percentage = 46.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 17 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 17 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = S. Frank Shore (incumbent)
|votes = 15,621
|percentage = 69.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Jeffrey Wayne Skinner
|votes = 6,967
|percentage = 30.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 18 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 18 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent)
|votes = 19,163
|percentage = 72.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Susan Lee White
|votes = 7,161
|percentage = 27.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 19 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 19 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Idamae Garrott
|votes = 19,999
|percentage = 65.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Thomas P. Sheahan
|votes = 10,413
|percentage = 34.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 20 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 20 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Ida G. Ruben
|votes = 18,906
|percentage = 72.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Stephen Leventhal
|votes = 7,029
|percentage = 27.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 21 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 21 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Arthur Dorman (incumbent)
|votes = 12,341
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 22 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 22 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent)
|votes = 11,523
|percentage = 79.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Jo Mimms-Bolden
|votes = 2,901
|percentage = 20.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 23 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 23 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Leo E. Green (incumbent)
|votes = 16,828
|percentage = 76.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Michael B. Twigg
|votes = 5,263
|percentage = 23.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 24 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 24 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Decatur "Bucky" Trotter (incumbent)
|votes = 11,581
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 25 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 25 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Albert Wynn
|votes = 10,853
|percentage = 85.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Gregory K. Washington
|votes = 1,828
|percentage = 14.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 26 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 26 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Frank Komenda (incumbent)
|votes = 12,691
|percentage = 83.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Thomas Douglas Chambers
|votes = 2,460
|percentage = 16.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 27 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 27 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent)
|votes = 15,507
|percentage = 81.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Ronald R. Austin
|votes = 3,502
|percentage = 18.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 28 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 28 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = James C. Simpson (incumbent)
|votes = 15,570
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 29 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 29 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Bernie Fowler (incumbent)
|votes = 15,392
|percentage = 72.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = James D. Warn
|votes = 5,851
|percentage = 27.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 30 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 30 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Gerald W. Winegrad (incumbent)
|votes = 16,287
|percentage = 64.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Charles Thomamm
|votes = 8,793
|percentage = 35.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 31 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 31 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Philip C. Jimeno (incumbent)
|votes = 16,999
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 32 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 32 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Michael J. Wagner (incumbent)
|votes = 13,804
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 33 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 33 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = John A. Cade (incumbent)
|votes = 14,463
|percentage = 68.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Robert J. Cancelliere
|votes = 6,725
|percentage = 31.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 34 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 34 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Catherine Riley (incumbent)
|votes = 17,473
|percentage = 80.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Francis J. Eurice
|votes = 4,374
|percentage = 20.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 35 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 35 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = William H. Amoss (incumbent)
|votes = 16,142
|percentage = 68.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = James Cooper
|votes = 7,340
|percentage = 31.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 36 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 36 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Walter M. Baker (incumbent)
|votes = 12,204
|percentage = 58.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Bernard M. Hopkins
|votes = 8,778
|percentage = 41.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 37 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 37 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Frederick Malkus (incumbent)
|votes = 15,912
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 38 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 38 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Lewis R. Riley
|votes = 14,974
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Republican Party
| loser = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 39 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 39 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Michael B. Mitchell
|votes = 8,754
|percentage = 85.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Victor Clark Jr.
|votes = 1,476
|percentage = 14.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 40 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 40 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Troy Brailey (incumbent)
|votes = 11,584
|percentage = 96.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Melvin Stubbs
|votes = 456
|percentage = 3.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 41 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 41 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Clarence W. Blount (incumbent)
|votes = 13,722
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 42 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 42 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Barbara A. Hoffman
|votes = 16,929
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 43 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 43 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = John A. Pica Jr. (incumbent)
|votes = 16,354
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 44 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 44 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Julian L. Lapides (incumbent)
|votes = 14,638
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 45 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 45 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Nathan Irby (incumbent)
|votes = 10,854
|percentage = 93.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Republican Party
|candidate = Mary L. O'Brien
|votes = 784
|percentage = 6.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 46 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 46 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = Joseph S. Bonvegna (incumbent)
|votes = 16,160
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= District 47 =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 47 election }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Maryland Democratic Party
|candidate = George W. Della Jr. (incumbent)
|votes = 10,378
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Maryland Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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