1986 Maryland House of Delegates election

1986 Maryland House of Delegates election

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All 141 seats in the Maryland House of Delegates
71 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ben Cardin
(retired)
Robert R. Neall
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 6, 1979 1983
Leader's seat 42nd district 33rd district
Last election 124 17
Seats won 124 17
Seat change Steady Steady

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

Speaker before election

Ben Cardin
Democratic

Elected Speaker

R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.
Democratic

The 1986 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 4, 1986, as part of the 1986 United States elections, including the 1986 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 1B: William B. Byrnes retired.
  2. District 1B: W. Timothy Finan retired.
  3. District 9: Donald K. Hughes retired.
  4. District 9: Thomas B. Kernan retired to run for Baltimore County Executive.[1]
  5. District 11: Arthur S. Alperstein retired to run for state senator in District 11.
  6. District 11: Paula Hollinger retired to run for state senator in District 11.
  7. District 14: Edward J. Kasemeyer retired to run for state senator in District 14.[2]
  8. District 16: Marilyn R. Goldwater retired to run for state senator in District 16.[3]
  9. District 18: Helen L. Koss retired.[2]
  10. District 19: Idamae Garrott retired to run for state senator in District 19.[1]
  11. District 19: Lucille Maurer retired to run for state senator in District 19.[1]
  12. District 20: Diane Kirchenbauer retired to run for state senator in District 20.[4]
  13. District 20: Ida G. Ruben retired to run for state senator in District 20.[4]
  14. District 22: Frank Pesci retired.[5]
  15. District 25: Jerry E. Perry retired to run for state senator in District 25.[2]
  16. District 25: Albert Wynn retired to run for state senator in District 25.[2]
  17. District 26: Frederick C. Rummage retired.[1]
  18. District 28B: John Knight Parlett retired.[6]
  19. District 30: Elmer F. Hagner Jr. retired.
  20. District 30: Robert G. Kramer retired.
  21. District 41: Wendell H. Phillips retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district.[7]
  22. District 42: Ben Cardin retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 3rd congressional district.[8]

Republicans

  1. District 16: Connie Morella retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district.[9]
  2. District 21: Thomas J. Mooney retired to run for governor.[10]
  3. District 32: Robert R. Neall retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district.[7]
  4. District 38: Lewis R. Riley retired to run for state senator in District 38.[1]

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 3A: Paul D. Muldowney lost renomination to Bruce Poole.[11]
  2. District 8: Dale Anderson lost renomination to Donna M. Felling and incumbents Joseph Bartenfelder and William J. Burgess.
  3. District 19: Joseph E. Owens lost renomination to Henry B. Heller, Carol S. Petzold, and Leonard H. Teitelbaum.
  4. District 22: David Bird lost renomination to Anne MacKinnon, Paul G. Pinsky, and incumbent Richard A. Palumbo.
  5. District 26: Marian L. Patterson lost renomination to Rosa Lee Blumenthal, Gloria G. Lawlah, and incumbent Christine Miller Jones.
  6. District 31: William Turc Sr. lost renomination to W. Ray Huff, James J. Riley, and incumbent Charles W. Kolodziejski.
  7. District 40: Mary B. Adams lost renomination to Tony E. Fulton and incumbents Ralph M. Hughes and Pete Rawlings.
  8. District 43: Charles Bucky Muth lost renomination to Ann Marie Doory and incumbents Gerald Curran and Henry R. Hergenroeder Jr.

Republicans

  1. District 4B: V. Lanny Harchenhorn lost renomination to Donald B. Elliott.
  2. District 10: Thomas W. Chamberlain Sr. lost renomination to Bob Ehrlich and incumbents Wade Kach and Ellen Sauerbrey.

In general elections

Republicans

  1. District 3B: M. Albert Morningstar lost to James E. McClellan and Royd Smith.

Detailed results

District 1ADistrict 1BDistrict 2ADistrict 2BDistrict 2CDistrict 3ADistrict 3BDistrict 4ADistrict 4BDistrict 5ADistrict 5BDistrict 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13ADistrict 13BDistrict 14ADistrict 14BDistrict 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28ADistrict 28BDistrict 29ADistrict 29BDistrict 29CDistrict 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35ADistrict 35BDistrict 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47

All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.[12]

District 1A

Maryland House of Delegates District 1A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George C. Edwards (incumbent) 5,648 100.0
Republican hold

District 1B

Maryland House of Delegates District 1B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Betty Workman 8,195 29.1
Democratic Kevin Kelly 7,858 27.9
Republican Robert M. Hutcheson 6,151 21.8
Republican William R. Davis 5,984 21.2
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 2A

Maryland House of Delegates District 2A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Casper R. Taylor Jr. (incumbent) 3,533 59.2
Republican James M. Roby 2,431 40.8
Democratic hold

District 2B

Maryland House of Delegates District 2B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter G. Callas (incumbent) 5,339 71.7
Republican Richard D. Wiles 2,103 28.3
Democratic hold

District 2C

Maryland House of Delegates District 2C election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald F. Munson (incumbent) 4,303 100.0
Republican hold

District 3A

Maryland House of Delegates District 3A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bruce Poole 4,708 50.5
Independent Paul D. Muldowney (incumbent) 3,073 33.0
Republican Ronald J. Stansbury 1,545 16.6
Democratic hold

District 3B

Maryland House of Delegates District 3B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James E. McClellan (incumbent) 9,228 31.7
Democratic Royd Smith 7,872 27.0
Republican M. Albert Morningstar (incumbent) 6,509 22.4
Republican Donald T. Taylor 5,493 18.9
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 4A

Maryland House of Delegates District 4A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas H. Hattery (incumbent) 9,014 31.7
Democratic George Littrell (incumbent) 8,391 29.5
Republican Kenneth R. Coffey 7,954 27.9
Republican Larry W. Cook 3,113 10.9
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 4B

Maryland House of Delegates District 4B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald B. Elliott 5,295 72.4
Democratic Robert George Fehle Sr. 2,018 27.6
Republican hold

District 5A

Maryland House of Delegates District 5A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard C. Matthews (incumbent) 10,669 30.9
Democratic Richard N. Dixon (incumbent) 10,118 29.3
Democratic Francis X. Walsh 7,207 20.9
Republican Jon Buck 6,499 18.8
Democratic hold
Republican hold

District 5B

Maryland House of Delegates District 5B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lawrence A. LaMotte (incumbent) 4,190 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

Maryland House of Delegates District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic R. Terry Connelly (incumbent) 13,324 27.8
Democratic Michael H. Weir (incumbent) 12,862 26.8
Democratic E. Farrell Maddox 12,387 25.9
Republican Michael J. Davis 5,052 10.5
Republican Edward L. Reider 4,282 8.9
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 7

Maryland House of Delegates District 7 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert R. Staab (incumbent) 18,956 30.2
Democratic John S. Arnick (incumbent) 18,244 29.0
Democratic Louis L. DePazzo (incumbent) 18,103 28.8
Republican Walter F. Menear Jr. 3,857 6.1
Republican Joseph E. Antonelli 3,661 5.8
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 8

Maryland House of Delegates District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Bartenfelder (incumbent) 18,245 23.1
Democratic Donna M. Felling 16,443 20.8
Democratic William J. Burgess (incumbent) 16,049 20.3
Republican Scott A. Sewell 11,610 14.7
Republican Alfred W. Redmer Jr. 10,841 13.7
Republican Howard C. Harclerode 5,782 7.3
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 9

Maryland House of Delegates District 9 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Scanlan Klima (incumbent) 16,082 19.5
Democratic Michael U. Gisriel 14,329 17.4
Republican John J. Bishop 14,004 17.0
Republican Patrick E. Carter 13,003 15.8
Democratic Jack R. Sturgill Jr. 12,819 15.5
Democratic William R. Richardson Jr. 12,291 14.9
Democratic hold
Republican hold
Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Maryland House of Delegates District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ellen Sauerbrey (incumbent) 20,653 26.5
Republican Wade Kach (incumbent) 17,583 22.6
Republican Bob Ehrlich 16,365 21.0
Democratic Jay Wachter 13,298 17.1
Democratic Judith Boone 9,922 12.7
Republican hold
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 11

Maryland House of Delegates District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Theodore Levin (incumbent) 21,593 32.5
Democratic Leon Albin 19,096 28.7
Democratic Richard Rynd 19,032 28.6
Republican Beverly Eileen Goldstein 6,778 10.2
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 12

Maryland House of Delegates District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis P. Morsberger (incumbent) 18,035 33.8
Democratic Nancy L. Murphy {incumbent) 17,747 33.2
Democratic Kenneth H. Masters (incumbent) 17,636 33.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 13A

Maryland House of Delegates District 13A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Virginia M. Thomas 6,957 68.3
Republican Mark E. Percich 3,233 31.7
Democratic hold

District 13B

Maryland House of Delegates District 13B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan R. Buswell (incumbent) 8,163 29.7
Democratic William C. Bevan (incumbent) 8,049 29.2
Republican Martin G. Madden 7,527 27.4
Republican Wayne M. Hammerly 3,779 13.7
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 14A

Maryland House of Delegates District 14A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joel Chasnoff (incumbent) 7,390 63.2
Republican Patricia Anne Faulkner 4,295 36.8
Democratic hold

District 14B

Maryland House of Delegates District 14B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert H. Kittleman (incumbent) 14,806 32.3
Republican Robert Flanagan 11,708 25.5
Democratic Sue-Ellen Hantman 9,870 21.5
Democratic E. Alexander Adams 9,445 20.6
Republican hold
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

Maryland House of Delegates District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Judith C. Toth (incumbent) 19,280 20.6
Republican Jean Roesser 18,525 19.8
Democratic Gene W. Counihan (incumbent) 18,104 19.3
Democratic Sandra E. Bregman 15,475 16.5
Republican John C. Webb Jr. 11,461 12.2
Republican Ronald S. Bird 10,795 11.5
Democratic hold
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 16

Maryland House of Delegates District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy Kopp (incumbent) 20,823 20.3
Democratic Gilbert J. Genn 20,570 20.1
Democratic Brian Frosh 20,145 19.7
Republican Carol Trawick 13,730 13.4
Republican William Colliton 13,727 13.4
Republican John A. Whitney 13,476 13.2
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 17

Maryland House of Delegates District 17 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennie M. Forehand (incumbent) 15,750 25.8
Democratic Mary H. Boergers (incumbent) 15,562 25.5
Democratic Michael R. Gordon (incumbent) 14,338 23.4
Republican Matthew J. Hannon 7,848 12.8
Republican Mark Allen Skinner 7,649 12.5
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 18

Maryland House of Delegates District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patricia R. Sher (incumbent) 17,378 23.5
Democratic Donald B. Robertson (incumbent) 17,093 23.1
Democratic C. Lawrence Wiser 16,306 22.0
Republican Howard Jenkins III 8,004 10.8
Republican Edgar A. Cadwallader 7,664 10.4
Republican Randolph B. Titus 7,593 10.3
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 19

Maryland House of Delegates District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol S. Petzold 18,227 21.5
Democratic Leonard H. Teitelbaum 17,685 20.8
Democratic Henry B. Heller 17,670 20.8
Republican Mary Bowen 11,300 13.3
Republican Kyo R. Jhin 11,075 13.0
Republican William Jensen 8,974 10.6
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland House of Delegates District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Franchot 17,596 23.8
Democratic Dana Lee Dembrow 17,457 23.7
Democratic Sheila E. Hixson (incumbent) 17,255 23.4
Republican Stuart T. Eisen 7,483 10.1
Republican James Gordon Bennett 7,431 10.1
Republican Ronald T. Richard 6,572 8.9
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 21

Maryland House of Delegates District 21 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Timothy F. Maloney (incumbent) 12,238 34.6
Democratic Pauline Menes (incumbent) 11,800 33.4
Democratic James Rosapepe 11,292 32.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 22

Maryland House of Delegates District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard A. Palumbo (incumbent) 11,498 31.8
Democratic Anne MacKinnon 10,286 28.4
Democratic Paul G. Pinsky 10,262 28.3
Republican James J. Krehely 4,158 11.5
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 23

Maryland House of Delegates District 23 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Breslin Pitkin (incumbent) 16,593 35.0
Democratic Mary A. Conroy (incumbent) 15,815 33.4
Democratic Charles J. Ryan Jr. (incumbent) 15,008 31.7
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 24

Maryland House of Delegates District 24 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sylvania W. Woods Jr. (incumbent) 10,809 33.5
Democratic Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (incumbent) 10,797 33.5
Democratic Nathaniel Exum (incumbent) 10,622 33.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 25

Maryland House of Delegates District 25 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis C. Donaldson (incumbent) 10,806 33.0
Democratic Juanita Miller 10,180 31.1
Democratic Ulysses Currie 9,733 29.7
Republican Bryan K. Swartwood 2,049 6.3
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 26

Maryland House of Delegates District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosa Lee Blumenthal 11,610 28.7
Democratic Christine M. Jones (incumbent) 10,893 26.9
Democratic Gloria G. Lawlah (incumbent) 10,308 25.5
Republican Lyle Delfosse 4,073 10.1
Republican Lee F. Breuer 3,547 8.8
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 27

Maryland House of Delegates District 27 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (incumbent) 13,750 24.7
Democratic William R. McCaffrey (incumbent) 13,533 24.3
Democratic Gary R. Alexander (incumbent) 12,430 22.3
Republican Francis James DiSalvo 7,892 14.2
Republican John Gleason 4,350 7.8
Republican Charles W. Sherren Jr. 3,738 6.7
Independent Theodore Higier 2 0.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 28A

Maryland House of Delegates District 28A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Sprague (incumbent) 10,021 50.5
Democratic Samuel C. Linton (incumbent) 9,817 49.5
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 28B

Maryland House of Delegates District 28B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Wood Jr. 4,164 72.8
Republican William Ragsdale 1,559 27.2
Democratic hold

District 29A

Maryland House of Delegates District 29A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas A. Rymer (incumbent) 5,971 100.0
Democratic hold

District 29B

Maryland House of Delegates District 29B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. Ernest Bell II (incumbent) 5,739 72.5
Republican Dennis M. O'Hara 2,179 27.5
Democratic hold

District 29C

Maryland House of Delegates District 29C election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Slade III (incumbent) 3,696 100.0
Democratic hold

District 30

Maryland House of Delegates District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Astle (incumbent) 16,354 22.5
Democratic Michael E. Busch 13,858 19.1
Democratic Donald E. Lamb 12,898 17.8
Republican John R. Hammond 12,895 17.8
Republican David Kelley 10,291 14.2
Republican Frank Bradlyn McClanahan 6,349 8.7
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 31

Maryland House of Delegates District 31 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John R. Leopold (incumbent) 14,586 22.3
Democratic W. Ray Huff 14,005 21.4
Democratic Charles W. Kolodziejski (incumbent) 13,050 19.9
Democratic James J. Riley 12,895 19.7
Republican Anthony J. Girandola 5,950 9.1
Republican Charles E. Beatty 4,994 7.6
Republican hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 32

Maryland House of Delegates District 32 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick C. Scannello (incumbent) 13,593 29.7
Democratic George T. Schmincke (incumbent) 12,817 28.0
Democratic Tyras S. Athey (incumbent) 12,671 27.7
Republican William W. Kemp 6,634 14.5
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 33

Maryland House of Delegates District 33 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elizabeth S. Smith (incumbent) 13,091 20.4
Republican John G. Gary (incumbent) 12,315 19.2
Democratic Marsha G. Perry 10,476 16.3
Democratic John Witty 10,272 16.0
Democratic Bill D. Burlison 9,092 14.2
Republican Douglas W. Diehl 8,985 14.0
Republican hold
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 34

Maryland House of Delegates District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eileen M. Rehrmann (incumbent) 14,781 25.4
Democratic Barbara Osborn Kreamer (incumbent) 14,069 24.2
Democratic William H. Cox Jr. (incumbent) 13,272 22.8
Republican Michael von Lange 8,266 14.2
Republican John D. Reynolds 7,720 13.3
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 35A

Maryland House of Delegates District 35A election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Lutz (incumbent) 10,093 31.3
Republican William A. Clark (incumbent) 8,855 27.5
Republican Dorothy Polek Stancill 7,736 24.0
Democratic Edwin E. Hess 5,568 17.3
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 35B

Maryland House of Delegates District 35B election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ethel Ann Murray (incumbent) 3,846 58.5
Republican Walter Burlin 2,726 41.5
Democratic hold

District 36

Maryland House of Delegates District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. (incumbent) 14,250 30.8
Democratic Ronald A. Guns (incumbent) 13,745 29.7
Democratic John M. Ashley Jr. (incumbent) 11,387 24.6
Republican Joseph L. Holt 6,953 15.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 37

Maryland House of Delegates District 37 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William S. Horne (incumbent) 13,936 26.7
Democratic Samuel Q. Johnson III (incumbent) 13,113 25.1
Republican Richard F. Colburn (incumbent) 12,148 23.3
Democratic James H. Balderson 7,953 15.2
Republican Donald Littleton 5,068 9.7
Republican hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 38

Maryland House of Delegates District 38 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel M. Long (incumbent) 17,390 31.2
Democratic Norman Conway 16,872 30.2
Democratic Mark O. Pilchard (incumbent) 14,998 26.9
Republican Domnick Brunori 6,552 11.7
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 39

Maryland House of Delegates District 39 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Young (incumbent) 9,299 35.9
Democratic Elijah Cummings (incumbent) 8,315 32.1
Democratic Ruth M. Kirk (incumbent) 8,281 32.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 40

Maryland House of Delegates District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph M. Hughes (incumbent) 11,844 35.7
Democratic Pete Rawlings (incumbent) 10,716 32.3
Democratic Tony E. Fulton 10,602 32.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 41

Maryland House of Delegates District 41 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret H. Murphy (incumbent) 13,261 36.7
Democratic Nathaniel T. Oaks (incumbent) 11,549 31.9
Democratic Frank Boston 11,343 31.4
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 42

Maryland House of Delegates District 42 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Samuel I. Rosenberg (incumbent) 16,143 30.3
Democratic James W. Campbell (incumbent) 16,000 30.0
Democratic David B. Shapiro 14,978 28.1
Republican Nicholas B. Fessenden 3,396 6.4
Republican Ernest B. Gray Sr. 2,750 5.2
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 43

Maryland House of Delegates District 43 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald Curran (incumbent) 16,909 31.4
Democratic Ann Marie Doory 16,535 30.7
Democratic Henry R. Hergenroeder Jr. (incumbent) 16,141 30.0
Republican Sonny A. Hall 4,303 8.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 44

Maryland House of Delegates District 44 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anne Scarlet Perkins (incumbent) 14,713 31.9
Democratic Curt Anderson (incumbent) 14,016 30.4
Democratic Kenneth C. Montague Jr. 13,866 30.1
Republican James B. Larrimore 3,468 7.5
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 45

Maryland House of Delegates District 45 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John W. Douglass (incumbent) 10,256 34.3
Democratic Hattie N. Harrison (incumbent) 9,933 33.2
Democratic Clarence "Tiger" Davis (incumbent) 9,713 32.5
Independent Ronald M. Owens-Bey 7 0.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 46

Maryland House of Delegates District 46 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic American Joe Miedusiewski (incumbent) 15,521 33.7
Democratic Anthony M. DiPietro Jr. (incumbent) 15,467 33.5
Democratic Cornell N. Dypski 15,119 32.8
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 47

Maryland House of Delegates District 47 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic R. Charles Avara (incumbent) 9,802 33.7
Democratic Joseph W. O'Malley (incumbent) 9,703 33.3
Democratic Paul E. Weisengoff (incumbent) 9,596 33.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

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