1986 Maryland Senate election
November 4, 1986
All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Melvin Steinberg (retired) John A. Cade
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 1983 1984
Leader's seat 11th district 9th district
Last election 41 6
Seats won 40 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 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.

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 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 Maryland State Board of Elections.[10]

District 1

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

District 2

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

District 3

Maryland Senate District 3 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Derr (incumbent) 15,553 68.4
Democratic Gerald Downs 7,200 31.6
Republican hold

District 4

Maryland Senate District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Smelser (incumbent) 12,673 56.4
Republican John Thompson 9,805 43.6
Democratic hold

District 5

Maryland Senate District 5 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Raymond E. Beck (incumbent) 17,117 72.0
Democratic Robert E. Spellman 6,651 28.0
Republican hold

District 6

Maryland Senate District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Collins (incumbent) 13,434 80.0
Republican Teresa Mancuso Albright 3,368 20.0
Democratic hold

District 7

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

District 8

Maryland Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas L. Bromwell (incumbent) 19,730 73.2
Republican Edward J. Glusing Jr. 7,211 26.8
Democratic hold

District 9

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

District 10

Maryland Senate District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Francis X. Kelly (incumbent) 18,655 65.9
Republican Clarence E. Ritter 9,656 34.1
Democratic hold

District 11

Maryland Senate District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Hollinger 23,475 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

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

District 13

Maryland Senate District 13 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Yeager (incumbent) 15,264 62.3
Republican John C. Murphy 9,238 37.7
Democratic hold

District 14

Maryland Senate District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward J. Kasemeyer 19,388 54.1
Republican Christopher J. McCabe 16,475 45.9
Democratic hold

District 15

Maryland Senate District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Laurence Levitan 20,607 63.4
Republican Robin Ficker 11,908 36.6
Democratic hold

District 16

Maryland Senate District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard A. Denis (incumbent) 19,345 53.7
Democratic Marilyn R. Goldwater 16,661 46.3
Republican hold

District 17

Maryland Senate District 17 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic S. Frank Shore (incumbent) 15,621 69.2
Republican Jeffrey Wayne Skinner 6,967 30.8
Democratic hold

District 18

Maryland Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent) 19,163 72.8
Republican Susan Lee White 7,161 27.2
Democratic hold

District 19

Maryland Senate District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Idamae Garrott 19,999 65.8
Republican Thomas P. Sheahan 10,413 34.2
Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland Senate District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ida G. Ruben 18,906 72.9
Republican Stephen Leventhal 7,029 27.1
Democratic hold

District 21

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

District 22

Maryland Senate District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) 11,523 79.9
Republican Jo Mimms-Bolden 2,901 20.1
Democratic hold

District 23

Maryland Senate District 23 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo E. Green (incumbent) 16,828 76.2
Republican Michael B. Twigg 5,263 23.8
Democratic hold

District 24

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

District 25

Maryland Senate District 25 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Wynn 10,853 85.6
Republican Gregory K. Washington 1,828 14.4
Democratic hold

District 26

Maryland Senate District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Komenda (incumbent) 12,691 83.8
Republican Thomas Douglas Chambers 2,460 16.2
Democratic hold

District 27

Maryland Senate District 27 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 15,507 81.6
Democratic Ronald R. Austin 3,502 18.4
Democratic hold

District 28

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

District 29

Maryland Senate District 29 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Fowler (incumbent) 15,392 72.5
Republican James D. Warn 5,851 27.5
Democratic hold

District 30

Maryland Senate District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald W. Winegrad (incumbent) 16,287 64.9
Republican Charles Thomamm 8,793 35.1
Democratic hold

District 31

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

District 32

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

District 33

Maryland Senate District 33 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Cade (incumbent) 14,463 68.3
Democratic Robert J. Cancelliere 6,725 31.7
Republican hold

District 34

Maryland Senate District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Catherine Riley (incumbent) 17,473 80.0
Republican Francis J. Eurice 4,374 20.0
Democratic hold

District 35

Maryland Senate District 35 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Amoss (incumbent) 16,142 68.7
Republican James Cooper 7,340 31.3
Democratic hold

District 36

Maryland Senate District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter M. Baker (incumbent) 12,204 58.2
Republican Bernard M. Hopkins 8,778 41.8
Democratic hold

District 37

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

District 38

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

District 39

Maryland Senate District 39 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael B. Mitchell 8,754 85.6
Republican Victor Clark Jr. 1,476 14.4
Democratic hold

District 40

Maryland Senate District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Troy Brailey (incumbent) 11,584 96.2
Republican Melvin Stubbs 456 3.8
Democratic hold

District 41

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

District 42

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

District 43

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

District 44

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

District 45

Maryland Senate District 45 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathan Irby (incumbent) 10,854 93.3
Republican Mary L. O'Brien 784 6.7
Democratic hold

District 46

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

District 47

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

References

  1. ↑ Feinstein, John (December 12, 1982). "Square One For Md. GOP". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ Sugawara, Sandra (January 24, 1986). "Chavez Lifts Md. GOP's Hopes". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "MARYLAND: Promise Turns to Problems For Fragmented State GOP". The Washington Post. November 2, 1986. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ Churchville, Victoria (August 17, 1986). "Leadership In Howard Is Up for Grabs". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ Melton, R. H. (September 10, 1986). "Kramer, Gannon Win Montgomery Executive Races". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ Melton, R. H. (February 3, 1986). "Bainum Joins Md. Race for U.S. House". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ Vesey, Tom (September 6, 1986). "Md. Assembly to Get New Leadership". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Riley, Others Eye Senate Seat". The Daily Times. April 4, 1986. Retrieved September 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Vesey, Tom (August 31, 1986). "Campaigning in Maryland". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "1986 Gubernatorial Election Results". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
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