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1982 Maryland Senate election
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All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader James Clark Jr. Edward J. Mason (lost renomination)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 1979 1975
Leader's seat 11th district 9th district
Last election 41 6
Seats won 42 5
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
President before election

James Clark Jr.
Democratic

President

Melvin Steinberg
Democratic

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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.

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%:

  1. State Senate district 16, 1.73%
  2. State Senate district 9, 4.36%
  3. State Senate district 30, 4.47%
  4. State Senate district 15, 8.59%

Retiring incumbents[edit]

Democrats[edit]

  1. District 22: Richard A. Palumbo retired to run for the Maryland House of Delegates.[2]
  2. District 24: Mary A. Conroy retired.[3]
  3. District 32: H. Erle Schafer retired to run for Harford County Executive.[4]
  4. District 37: Harry J. McGuirk retired to run for governor of Maryland.[5]
  5. District 43: J. Joseph Curran Jr. retired to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland alongside Harry Hughes.[6]
  6. District 44: Louise G. Murphy retired.[7]

Republicans[edit]

  1. District 11: Robert E. Stroble retired.[8]

Incumbents defeated[edit]

In primary elections[edit]

Democrats[edit]

  1. District 7: Patrick T. Welsh lost renomination to Norman R. Stone Jr.[9]
  2. District 12: Timothy R. Hickman lost renomination to John C. Coolahan.[9]
  3. District 34: Art Helton lost renomination to Catherine Riley.[10]
  4. District 40: Verda Welcome lost renomination to Troy Brailey.[11]
  5. District 45: Robert Douglass lost renomination to Nathan Irby.[12]
  6. District 45: Cornell N. Dypski lost renomination to Joseph S. Bonvegna.[13]

Republicans[edit]

  1. 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]

Maryland Senate District 1 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John N. Bambacus 19,173 74.2
Democratic Holmes R. Atkinson 6,667 25.8
Republican hold

District 2[edit]

Maryland Senate District 2 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Victor Cushwa (incumbent) 13,769 63.2
Republican Terrance Bache 8,026 36.8
Democratic hold

District 3[edit]

Maryland Senate District 3 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward P. Thomas (incumbent) 14,914 64.0
Democratic Raymond W. Kline 8,401 36.0
Republican hold

District 4[edit]

Maryland Senate District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Smelser (incumbent) 12,945 100.0
Democratic hold

District 5[edit]

Maryland Senate District 5 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Raymond E. Beck 13,567 57.1
Democratic Roger L. Mann 10,193 42.9
Republican gain from Democratic

District 6[edit]

Maryland Senate District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis F. Rasmussen (incumbent) 15,438 100.0
Democratic hold

District 7[edit]

Maryland Senate District 7 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent) 20,466 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8[edit]

Maryland Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas L. Bromwell 16,483 66.2
Republican John P. Quinn 8,434 33.8
Democratic hold

District 9[edit]

Maryland Senate District 9 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican F. Vernon Boozer (incumbent) 16,128 52.2
Democratic Mark C. Medairy Jr. 14,781 47.8
Republican hold

District 10[edit]

Maryland Senate District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Francis X. Kelly (incumbent) 16,958 64.0
Republican Kenneth W. Fowler 9,524 36.0
Democratic hold

District 11[edit]

Maryland Senate District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melvin Steinberg (incumbent) 24,109 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12[edit]

Maryland Senate District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John C. Coolahan 17,948 74.0
Republican John J. Wazniak Jr. 6,290 26.0
Democratic hold

District 13[edit]

Maryland Senate District 13 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Yeager 15,167 100.0
Democratic hold

District 14[edit]

Maryland Senate District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Clark Jr. (incumbent) 20,809 100.0
Democratic hold

District 15[edit]

Maryland Senate District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes %
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]

Maryland Senate District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard A. Denis (incumbent) 17,502 50.9
Democratic Brian Frosh 16,906 49.1
Republican hold

District 17[edit]

Maryland Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic S. Frank Shore (incumbent)
Republican Phyllis B. Fordham
Democratic hold

District 18[edit]

Maryland Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent) 20,283 73.8
Republican Donald H. Dalton 7,192 26.2
Democratic hold

District 19[edit]

Maryland Senate District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sidney Kramer (incumbent) 21,812 100.0
Democratic hold

District 20[edit]

Maryland Senate District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stewart W. Bainum Jr. 18,561 71.3
Republican Stephen R. Leventhal 7,466 28.7
Democratic hold

District 21[edit]

Maryland Senate District 21 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Dorman (incumbent) 14,042 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22[edit]

Maryland Senate District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) 13,331 100.0
Democratic hold

District 23[edit]

Maryland Senate District 23 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo E. Green 16,429 70.4
Republican Burton W. Oliver 6,915 29.6
Democratic hold

District 24[edit]

Maryland Senate District 24 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tommie Broadwater (incumbent) 12,203 100.0
Democratic hold

District 25[edit]

Maryland Senate District 25 election
Party Candidate Votes %
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]

Maryland Senate District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank J. Komenda 13,491 80.2
Republican George L. Price 3,330 19.8
Democratic hold

District 27[edit]

Maryland Senate District 27 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 14,456 100.0
Democratic hold

District 28[edit]

Maryland Senate District 28 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. Simpson (incumbent) 14,943 80.7
Republican Saad Kassem 3,567 19.3
Democratic hold

District 29[edit]

Maryland Senate District 29 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Fowler 14,449 70.3
Republican David M. King (incumbent) 6,114 29.7
Democratic hold

District 30[edit]

Maryland Senate District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald W. Winegard 12,972 52.2
Republican P. Tyson Bennett 11,861 47.8
Democratic gain from Republican

District 31[edit]

Maryland Senate District 31 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerome F. Connell Sr. (incumbent) 14,505 61.9
Republican Thomas J. Harden III 8,913 38.1
Democratic hold

District 32[edit]

Maryland Senate District 32 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Wagner 13,546 100.0
Democratic hold

District 33[edit]

Maryland Senate District 33 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Cade (incumbent) 12,803 100.0
Republican hold

District 34[edit]

Maryland Senate District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Catherine Riley 16,818 78.9
Republican Dorothy A. Wilson 4,508 21.1
Democratic hold

District 35[edit]

Maryland Senate District 35 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Amoss 18,682 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36[edit]

Maryland Senate District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter M. Baker (incumbent) 12,459 58.9
Republican Bernard M. Hopkins 8,703 41.1
Democratic hold

District 37[edit]

Maryland Senate District 37 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frederick Malkus (incumbent) 16,101 70.3
Republican Rose Marie Spanagel 6,810 29.7
Democratic hold

District 38[edit]

Maryland Senate District 38 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph J. Long Sr. (incumbent) 18,575 100.0
Democratic hold

District 39[edit]

Maryland Senate District 39 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clarence Mitchell III (incumbent) 13,973 91.3
Republican Leana B. Thomas 1,328 8.7
Democratic hold

District 40[edit]

Maryland Senate District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Troy Brailey 15,278 100.0
Democratic hold

District 41[edit]

Maryland Senate District 41 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clarence W. Blount (incumbent) 18,250 94.7
Republican Otis E. Lee Sr. 1,027 5.3
Democratic hold

District 42[edit]

Maryland Senate District 42 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosalie Silber Abrams (incumbent) 19,673 100.0
Democratic hold

District 43[edit]

Maryland Senate District 43 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Pica Jr. 17,025 68.0
Republican Richard D. Bennett 7,995 32.0
Democratic hold

District 44[edit]

Maryland Senate District 44 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian L. Lapides (incumbent) 17,827 87.7
Republican John T. Smith 2,491 12.3
Democratic hold

District 45[edit]

Maryland Senate District 45 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathan Irby 14,756 93.9
Republican James D. David 951 6.1
Democratic hold

District 46[edit]

Maryland Senate District 46 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph S. Bonvegna (incumbent) 18,066 100.0
Democratic hold

District 47[edit]

Maryland Senate District 47 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George W. Della Jr. 12,321 100.0
Democratic hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ Feinstein, John (December 12, 1982). "Square One For Md. GOP". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Hosler, Karen (August 7, 1982). "Legislators find no joy in session". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hosler, Karen (July 17, 1982). "2 exits in GOP assure Hogan of Senate bid". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ LoLordo, Ann (August 11, 1982). "Police lodge endorses Schafer for executive". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "McGuirk enters race for governor". Carroll County Times. March 17, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Gilbert, Kelly (May 13, 1982). "Curran, for one, in line for No. 2 job". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Himowitz, Michael J. (February 18, 1982). "Louise Murphy picked for city Senate seat". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Carson, Larry (April 28, 1982). "Baltimore Co.'s Stroble won't seek re-election". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Big Wins For Riley And Freeman". The Aegis. September 16, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Verda Welcome is shocked by close loss to Troy Brailey". The Baltimore Sun. September 15, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "Primary Elections, 1982". The Baltimore Sun. September 16, 1982. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Maryland Manual" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. 1983. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Maryland_Senate_election