1990 Maryland Senate election

The 1990 Maryland Senate election were held on November 6, 1990, 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.

1990 Maryland Senate election

← 1986 November 6, 1990 1994 →

All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Miller John A. Cade
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 21, 1987 1984
Leader's seat 27th district 9th district
Last election 40 7
Seats won 38 9
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2

President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

President

Mike Miller
Democratic

Summary

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Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 14, 1.34% (gain)
  2. State Senate district 5, 6.59%
  3. State Senate district 8, 8.36%
  4. State Senate district 43, 8.41%

Retiring incumbents

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Democrats

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  1. District 34: Catherine Riley retired.[1]

Republicans

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  1. District 1: John N. Bambacus retired.[2]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 10: Francis X. Kelly lost renomination to Janice Piccinini.[1]
  2. District 17: S. Frank Shore lost renomination to Mary H. Boergers.[1]
  3. District 18: Margaret Schweinhaut lost renomination to Patricia R. Sher.[1]
  4. District 26: Frank Komenda lost renomination to Gloria G. Lawlah.[1]
  5. District 40: Troy Bailey lost renomination to Ralph M. Hughes.[3]

In general elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 2: Patricia K. Cushwa lost to Donald F. Munson.[2]
  2. District 14: Edward J. Kasemeyer lost to Christopher J. McCabe.[4]

Detailed results

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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.[5]

District 1

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Maryland Senate District 1 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Hafer 14,397 58.7
Democratic Daniel F. McMullen 10,126 41.3
Republican hold

District 2

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Maryland Senate District 2 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald F. Munson 13,371 64.1
Democratic Patricia K. Cushwa (incumbent) 7,477 35.9
Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

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Maryland Senate District 3 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Derr (incumbent) 16,870 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

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Maryland Senate District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Smelser 18,023 100.0
Democratic hold

District 5

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Maryland Senate District 5 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry E. Haines 16,400 53.3
Democratic J. Jeffrey Griffith 14,373 46.7
Republican hold

District 6

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Maryland Senate District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Collins (incumbent) 10,500 60.2
Republican George Egbert 4,961 28.4
Independent Frederick George Schiesser 1,985 11.4
Democratic hold

District 7

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Maryland Senate District 7 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent) 14,281 99.2
Democratic Matko Lee Chullin III 113 0.8
Democratic hold

District 8

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Maryland Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas L. Bromwell (incumbent) 15,710 54.2
Republican William Rush 13,286 45.8
Democratic hold

District 9

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Maryland Senate District 9 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican F. Vernon Boozer (incumbent) 20,175 79.8
Democratic Kauko H. Kokkonen 5,111 20.2
Republican hold

District 10

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Maryland Senate District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Janice Piccinini 19,299 55.7
Republican Richard M. Cornwell 15,334 44.3
Democratic hold

District 11

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Maryland Senate District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Hollinger (incumbent) 21,077 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

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Maryland Senate District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy L. Murphy (incumbent) 12,984 55.2
Republican Dennis Lanahan 10,534 44.8
Democratic hold

District 13

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Maryland Senate District 13 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Yeager (incumbent) 17,066 58.5
Republican Guy L. Harriman 12,120 41.5
Democratic hold

District 14

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Maryland Senate District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Christopher J. McCabe 23,993 50.7
Democratic Edward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent) 23,357 49.3
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

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Maryland Senate District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Laurence Levitan (incumbent) 22,862 57.6
Republican Robert J. Miller 16,821 42.4
Democratic hold

District 16

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Maryland Senate District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard A. Denis (incumbent) 20,041 58.8
Democratic Charles F. Chester 14,047 41.2
Republican hold

District 17

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Maryland Senate District 17 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary H. Boergers 15,305 69.3
Republican William J. Skinner 6,772 30.7
Democratic hold

District 18

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Maryland Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patricia R. Sher 17,827 100.0
Democratic hold

District 19

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Maryland Senate District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Idamae Garrott (incumbent) 22,178 72.3
Republican Herbert S. Rosenberg 8,504 27.7
Democratic hold

District 20

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Maryland Senate District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ida G. Ruben (incumbent) 17,941 72.2
Republican Thomas R. Falcinelli 6,912 27.8
Democratic hold

District 21

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Maryland Senate District 21 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Dorman (incumbent) 12,439 81.5
Republican Abdullah Salim 2,830 18.5
Democratic hold

District 22

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Maryland Senate District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) 10,754 78.2
Republican Jack R. Jones 3,002 21.8
Democratic hold

District 23

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Maryland Senate District 23 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo E. Green (incumbent) 17,190 73.2
Republican R. Nicholas Palarino 6,263 26.7
Democratic Donna Jo Campbell 34 0.1
Democratic hold

District 24

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Maryland Senate District 24 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Decatur "Bucky" Trotter (incumbent) 10,339 83.9
Democratic Tommie Broadwater 1,983 16.1
Democratic hold

District 25

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Maryland Senate District 25 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Wynn (incumbent) 12,884 100.0
Democratic hold

District 26

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Maryland Senate District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gloria G. Lawlah 12,231 100.0
Democratic hold

District 27

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Maryland Senate District 27 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 17,729 83.8
Republican John Eugene Sellner 3,423 16.2
Democratic hold

District 28

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Maryland Senate District 28 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. Simpson (incumbent) 13,402 59.2
Republican James H. Easter 9,252 40.8
Democratic hold

District 29

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Maryland Senate District 29 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Fowler (incumbent) 18,111 68.6
Republican Denzil L. Pritchard 8,273 31.4
Democratic hold

District 30

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Maryland Senate District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald W. Winegrad (incumbent) 18,698 61.7
Republican Charles Thomann 11,585 38.3
Democratic hold

District 31

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Maryland Senate District 31 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Philip C. Jimeno (incumbent) 16,715 56.2
Republican John R. Leopold 13,045 43.8
Democratic hold

District 32

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Maryland Senate District 32 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Wagner (incumbent) 16,423 100.0
Democratic hold

District 33

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Maryland Senate District 33 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Cade 21,321 100.0
Republican hold

District 34

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Maryland Senate District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Habern W. Freeman 19,050 100.0
Democratic hold

District 35

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Maryland Senate District 35 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Amoss (incumbent) 15,703 61.4
Republican James Cooper 9,853 38.6
Democratic hold

District 36

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Maryland Senate District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter M. Baker (incumbent) 14,431 100.0
Democratic hold

District 37

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Maryland Senate District 37 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frederick Malkus (incumbent) 13,344 55.4
Republican Kenneth Gelletly 10,733 44.6
Democratic hold

District 38

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Maryland Senate District 38 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lewis R. Riley (incumbent) 18,296 100.0
Republican hold

District 39

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Maryland Senate District 39 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Young (incumbent) 6,844 100.0
Democratic hold

District 40

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Maryland Senate District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph M. Hughes 8,813 94.4
Republican Melvin E. Stubbs 526 5.6
Democratic hold

District 41

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Maryland Senate District 41 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clarence W. Blount (incumbent) 10,681 100.0
Democratic hold

District 42

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Maryland Senate District 42 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara A. Hoffman (incumbent) 13,122 100.0
Democratic hold

District 43

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Maryland Senate District 43 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Pica Jr. (incumbent) 9,537 54.2
Republican James Brewster 8,058 45.8
Democratic hold

District 44

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Maryland Senate District 44 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jullian L. Lapides (incumbent) 10,734 100.0
Republican Leonard J. Wolf 5 0.0
Democratic hold

District 45

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Maryland Senate District 45 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathan Irby (incumbent) 7,393 91.9
Republican Lawrence E. Monaghan 654 8.1
Democratic hold

District 46

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Maryland Senate District 46 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic American Joe Miedusiewski (incumbent) 10,037 100.0
Democratic hold

District 47

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Maryland Senate District 47 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George W. Della Jr. (incumbent) 7,132 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Fletcher, Michael A. (September 12, 1990). "Md. Senate's anti-abortion bloc apparently broken". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Loverro, Thom (November 7, 1990). "Democratic Senator Cushwa ousted by Munson". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Bliss, Dewitt; Rasmussen, Fred (October 7, 1994). "Troy Brailey, champion for civil rights, dies at 78". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kasemeyer Takes Post As A Lobbyist". The Baltimore Sun. December 9, 1990. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "1990 Gubernatorial Election Results". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 19, 2023.