1998 Maryland Senate election

1998 Maryland Senate election
All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate; 24 seats needed for a majority
President before election; Mike Miller; Democratic	President ; Mike Miller; Democratic

The 1998 Maryland Senate election were held on November 3, 1998, 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.

Summary

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

State Senate district 34, 0.37%
State Senate district 15, 1.84%
State Senate district 32, 3.65% (gain)
State Senate district 39, 9.26%
State Senate district 4, 9.59%

Retiring incumbents

Republicans

District 33: David R. Craig retired to run for Harford County Executive.^[1]

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

District 24: Decatur "Bucky" Trotter lost renomination to Nathaniel Exum.^[2]
District 44: John D. Jefferies lost renomination to Clarence Mitchell IV.^[3]

Republicans

District 3: John W. Derr lost renomination to Alex Mooney.^[4]
District 9: F. Vernon Boozer lost renomination to Andy Harris.^[5]

In general elections

Democrats

District 35: Donald C. Fry lost to J. Robert Hooper.^[6]

Republicans

District 32: C. Edward Middlebrooks lost to James E. DeGrange Sr.^[6]

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.^[7]

District 1

Maryland Senate District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Hafer (incumbent)	20,552	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Maryland Senate District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald F. Munson (incumbent)	22,347	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Maryland Senate District 3 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alex Mooney	18,399	56.4
Democratic	Ronald S. Bird	14,212	43.6
Republican hold

District 4

Maryland Senate District 4 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Timothy R. Ferguson (incumbent)	18,978	54.8
Democratic	George Hayes Littrell Jr.	15,656	45.2
Republican hold

District 5

Maryland Senate District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry E. Haines (incumbent)	29,341	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Maryland Senate District 6 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Michael J. Collins (incumbent)	14,151	55.2
Republican	Kenneth Holt	11,463	44.8
Democratic hold

District 7

Maryland Senate District 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent)	21,142	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

Maryland Senate District 8 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas L. Bromwell (incumbent)	22,837	67.6
Republican	William Rush	10,954	32.4
Democratic hold

District 9

Maryland Senate District 9 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Andy Harris	24,814	61.1
Democratic	Anthony O. Blades	15,780	38.9
Republican hold

District 10

Maryland Senate District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Delores G. Kelley (incumbent)	25,995	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

Maryland Senate District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Hollinger (incumbent)	33,726	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Maryland Senate District 12 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Edward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent)	20,953	57.2
Republican	David P. Maier	15,649	42.8
Democratic hold

District 13

Maryland Senate District 13 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Martin G. Madden (incumbent)	19,407	56.3
Democratic	Raymond M. Rankin	15,062	43.7
Republican hold

District 14

Maryland Senate District 14 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Christopher J. McCabe (incumbent)	27,093	57.8
Democratic	David S. Hantman	19,749	42.2
Republican hold

District 15

Maryland Senate District 15 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Jean Roesser (incumbent)	20,824	50.9
Democratic	Gail Ewing	20,073	49.1
Republican hold

District 16

Maryland Senate District 16 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Brian Frosh (incumbent)	28,311	69.3
Republican	Augustus Alzona	12,564	30.7
Democratic hold

District 17

Maryland Senate District 17 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jennie M. Forehand (incumbent)	20,099	67.8
Republican	Frederick Ugast	9,532	32.2
Democratic hold

District 18

Maryland Senate District 18 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Chris Van Hollen (incumbent)	24,111	73.2
Republican	Mark Spradley	8,818	26.8
Democratic hold

District 19

Maryland Senate District 19 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Leonard H. Teitelbaum (incumbent)	25,358	68.8
Republican	Lynn Siguenza	11,515	31.2
Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland Senate District 20 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ida G. Ruben (incumbent)	22,501	79.8
Republican	Thomas R. Falcinelli	5,696	20.2
Democratic hold

District 21

Maryland Senate District 21 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Arthur Dorman (incumbent)	15,246	70.5
Republican	Richard Burkhart	6,385	29.5
Democratic hold

District 22

Maryland Senate District 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul G. Pinsky (incumbent)	16,582	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Maryland Senate District 23 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo E. Green (incumbent)	29,164	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Maryland Senate District 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathaniel Exum	21,316	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Maryland Senate District 25 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ulysses Currie (incumbent)	21,934	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Maryland Senate District 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria G. Lawlah (incumbent)	25,303	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Maryland Senate District 27 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent)	27,582	69.4
Republican	Robert A. Sturgell	12,187	30.6
Democratic hold

District 28

Maryland Senate District 28 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas M. Middleton (incumbent)	19,722	62.7
Republican	Allan R. Smith	11,710	37.3
Democratic hold

District 29

Maryland Senate District 29 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Roy Dyson (incumbent)	24,771	72.5
Republican	Culver Sprogle Ladd	9,386	27.5
Democratic hold

District 30

Maryland Senate District 30 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	John Astle (incumbent)	26,029	64.8
Republican	Peter James DeNucci	14,154	35.2
Democratic hold

District 31

Maryland Senate District 31 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Philip C. Jimeno (incumbent)	22,917	66.9
Republican	Jacqueline J. Turley	11,364	33.1
Democratic hold

District 32

Maryland Senate District 32 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	James E. DeGrange Sr.	15,445	51.8
Republican	C. Edward Middlebrooks (incumbent)	14,358	48.2
Democratic gain from Republican

District 33

Maryland Senate District 33 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert R. Neall (incumbent)	32,088	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Maryland Senate District 34 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Nancy Jacobs (incumbent)	18,996	50.2
Democratic	Mary Louise Preis	18,857	49.8
Republican hold

District 35

Maryland Senate District 35 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	J. Robert Hooper	22,741	55.3
Democratic	Donald C. Fry (incumbent)	18,370	44.7
Republican gain from Democratic

District 36

Maryland Senate District 36 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Walter M. Baker (incumbent)	18,517	57.6
Republican	Allaire D. Williams	13,650	42.4
Democratic hold

District 37

Maryland Senate District 37 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Richard F. Colburn (incumbent)	18,465	58.6
Democratic	Robert Alan Thornton Jr.	13,023	41.4
Republican hold

District 38

Maryland Senate District 38 election
	Candidate	Votes
Republican	J. Lowell Stoltzfus (incumbent)	22,122
Democratic	Donald Ewalt	12,434
Republican hold

District 39

Maryland Senate District 39 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Patrick J. Hogan	17,082	54.6
Democratic	Maurice Miles	14,187	45.4
Republican hold

District 40

Maryland Senate District 40 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ralph M. Hughes (incumbent)	16,818	96.1
Republican	Melvin E. Stubbs	683	3.9
Democratic hold

District 41

Maryland Senate District 41 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence W. Blount (incumbent)	17,388	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

Maryland Senate District 42 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara A. Hoffman (incumbent)	25,583	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 43

Maryland Senate District 43 election
	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Joan Carter Conway (incumbent)	20,120
Independent	Nimrod Westcott Jr.	2,914
Democratic hold

District 44

Maryland Senate District 44 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence Mitchell IV	11,304	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Maryland Senate District 45 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathaniel J. McFadden (incumbent)	15,005	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 46

Maryland Senate District 46 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Perry Sfikas (incumbent)	14,891	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

Maryland Senate District 47 election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	George W. Della Jr. (incumbent)	15,816	72.5
Republican	Edward Fowler	6,013	27.5
Democratic hold

References

^ Zorzi Jr., William F. (June 23, 1998). "Harriet's List backs 6 Democrats Money: The abortion-rights PAC has selected six women to support in this year's General Assembly races and is looking for more candidates to endorse. The fund raising begins next week". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
^ Spinner, Jackie (September 16, 1998). "Prince George's County". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
^ Waldron, Thomas W.; Zorzi Jr., William F. (July 3, 1998). "Young won't run again Ex-senator decides not to seek old seat, 2 close associates say; 'Legal problems' blamed; Jefferies, Mitchell could face stiff fight for full term in Nov". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
^ Dresser, Michael (September 22, 1998). "Smooth-running Senate could be due for change Shift: Democrats worry that defeat of two veteran Republican moderates by aggressive young conservatives will add more controversy to the chamber". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
^ Loudermilk, Suzanne (August 17, 1998). "Boozer faces tough test Senator too liberal, says physician foe in GOP primary". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Dresser, Michael; Zorzi Jr., William F. (November 5, 1998). "GOP chair says time to 'regroup, refuel' Losses to Democrats come despite gains in suburban counties". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
^ "1998 Gubernatorial Election Results". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[1] Zorzi Jr., William F. (June 23, 1998). "Harriet's List backs 6 Democrats Money: The abortion-rights PAC has selected six women to support in this year's General Assembly races and is looking for more candidates to endorse. The fund raising begins next week". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[2] Spinner, Jackie (September 16, 1998). "Prince George's County". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[3] Waldron, Thomas W.; Zorzi Jr., William F. (July 3, 1998). "Young won't run again Ex-senator decides not to seek old seat, 2 close associates say; 'Legal problems' blamed; Jefferies, Mitchell could face stiff fight for full term in Nov". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[4] Dresser, Michael (September 22, 1998). "Smooth-running Senate could be due for change Shift: Democrats worry that defeat of two veteran Republican moderates by aggressive young conservatives will add more controversy to the chamber". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

[5] Loudermilk, Suzanne (August 17, 1998). "Boozer faces tough test Senator too liberal, says physician foe in GOP primary". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

[Regroup-6] Dresser, Michael; Zorzi Jr., William F. (November 5, 1998). "GOP chair says time to 'regroup, refuel' Losses to Democrats come despite gains in suburban counties". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

[7] "1998 Gubernatorial Election Results". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

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