1990 Maryland Senate election

1990 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 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.

Summary

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

State Senate district 14, 1.34% (gain)
State Senate district 5, 6.59%
State Senate district 8, 8.36%
State Senate district 43, 8.41%

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

District 34: Catherine Riley retired.^[1]

Republicans

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

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

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

In general elections

Democrats

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

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.^[5]

District 1

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

District 2

Maryland Senate District 2 election
	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

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

District 4

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

District 5

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

District 6

Maryland Senate District 6 election
	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

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

District 8

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

District 9

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

District 10

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

District 11

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

District 12

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

District 13

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

District 14

Maryland Senate District 14 election
	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

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

District 16

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

District 17

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

District 18

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

District 19

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

District 20

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

District 21

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

District 22

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

District 23

Maryland Senate District 23 election
	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

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

District 25

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

District 26

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

District 27

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

District 28

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

District 29

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

District 30

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

District 31

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

District 32

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

District 33

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

District 34

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

District 35

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

District 36

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

District 37

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

District 38

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

District 39

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

District 40

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

District 41

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

District 42

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

District 43

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

District 44

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

District 45

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

District 46

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

District 47

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

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Loverro, Thom (November 7, 1990). "Democratic Senator Cushwa ousted by Munson". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
^ Bliss, Dewitt; Rasmussen, Fred (October 7, 1994). "Troy Brailey, champion for civil rights, dies at 78". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
^ "Kasemeyer Takes Post As A Lobbyist". The Baltimore Sun. December 9, 1990. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
^ "1990 Gubernatorial Election Results". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

[Antiabortion-1] Fletcher, Michael A. (September 12, 1990). "Md. Senate's anti-abortion bloc apparently broken". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

[Cushwa-2] 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.

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