1978 Maryland Senate election

none December 2025 ly 1978 Maryland Senate election Maryland Legislative Popular No 1974 Maryland Senate election 1974 1982 Maryland Senate election 1982 All 47 seats in the Maryland Senate 24 November 7, 1978 150x150px File:Steny_Hoyer,_official_photo_portrait,_circa_1980s.jpg Steny Hoyer(retired) Democratic Party (United States) January 3, 1975 District 26 39 40 1 601,857 74.94% File:3x4.svg Edward J. Mason Republican Party (United States) January 1975 District 1 8 7 1 197,097 24.54% President Steny Hoyer Democratic Party (United States) James Clark Jr. Democratic Party (United States) The 1978 Maryland Senate election was held on November 7, 1978, to determine which party would control the Maryland Senate for the following four years. All 47 seats were up for election and the primary was held on September 12, 1978. Prior to the election, 39 seats were held by Democrats and 8 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw the Democrats expand their majority by a single seat.https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc1100/sc1198/000000/000002/000000/000064/pdf/mdsa_sc1198_2_64.pdf Maryland manual 1979-1980 maryland.gov 1980 2025-11-27https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/senlist.html Archives of Maryland Historical List Senate, 1777- maryland.gov March 15, 2000 2025-11-27 Retirements Democrats District 7: Donald P. Hutchinson retired to run for Baltimore County Executive. District 8: Roy N. Staten retired. District 13: John C. Coolahan retired. District 17: Charles W. Gilchrist retired to run for Montgomery County Executive. District 22: Meyer M. Emanuel Jr. retired. District 26: Steny Hoyer retired to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland alongside Blair Lee III. District 32: Alfred J. Lipin retired. District 34: Elroy G. Boyer retired. Republicans District 5: C. A. Porter Hopkins retired. District 16: Newton I. Steers Jr. retired. Incumbents defeated In primary Democrats District 19: C. Lawrence Wiser lost renomination to Sidney Kramer. District 36: E. Homer White Jr. lost renomination to Joseph J. Long Sr. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: red District 16, 0.78% red District 30, 3.22% blue District 5, 9.48% (gain) Results District 1 District 1 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Edward J. Mason (incumbent) 13,981 55.27% Democratic Party (United States) Philip T. Carolan 11,313 44.73% 25,294 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 2 District 2 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Victor Cushwa (incumbent) 15,338 100.0% 15,338 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 3 District 3 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Edward P. Thomas Jr. (incumbent) 11,281 100.0% 11,281 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Charles H. Smelser (incumbent) 16,453 100.0% 16,453 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 5 District 5 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Francis X. Kelly 16,256 54.74% Republican Party (United States) George A. Price 13,439 45.26% 29,695 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur Henry Helton Jr. (incumbent) 15,152 100.0% 15,152 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 7 District 7 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Dennis F. Rasmussen 16,446 76.72% Republican Party (United States) Leonard A. Kraus 4,991 23.28% 21,437 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Patrick T. Welsh 15,295 87.35% Republican Party (United States) Bob H. Estes 2,214 12.65% 17,509 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 9 District 9 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent) 17,445 100.0% 17,445 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) John J. Bishop Jr. (incumbent) 15,205 60.98% Democratic Party (United States) David J. Preller 9,729 39.02% 24,934 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 11 District 11 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Robert E. Stroble (incumbent) 14,112 61.24% Democratic Party (United States) Roy E. Estes 8,931 38.76% 23,043 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Melvin Steinberg (incumbent) 22,223 82.01% Republican Party (United States) Harvey T. Galonoy 4,874 17.99% 27,097 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 13 District 13 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Timothy R. Hickman 15,803 100.0% 15,803 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) James Clark Jr. (incumbent) 28,909 100.0% 28,909 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 15 District 15 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Laurence Levitan (incumbent) 16,507 48.00% Republican Party (United States) John Henry Hiser Jr. 13,693 39.81% Independent (United States) Bette Marshall 4,194 12.19% 34,394 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Howard A. Denis 13,558 50.39% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph D. Gebhardt 13,347 49.61% 26,905 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 17 District 17 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) S. Frank Shore 12,113 56.48% Republican Party (United States) Albert E. Nunn 9,335 43.52% 21,448 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent) 16,359 71.94% Republican Party (United States) Donald H. Dalton 6,382 28.06% 22,741 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Sidney Kramer 17,332 100.0% 17,332 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Victor L. Crawford (incumbent) 11,638 100.0% 11,638 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 21 District 21 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur Dorman (incumbent) 10,315 61.45% Republican Party (United States) Julia Brown 6,470 38.55% 16,785 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Garrity 9,938 100.0% 9,938 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 23 District 23 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent) 9,192 70.08% Republican Party (United States) Richard Anthony Blancato 3,924 29.92% 13,116 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Edward T. Conroy (incumbent) 15,072 100.0% 15,072 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 25 District 25 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Tommie Broadwater (incumbent) 5,542 62.07% Republican Party (United States) Joseph M. Parker 3,386 37.93% 8,928 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) B. W. Mike Donovan 7,362 100.0% 7,362 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 27 District 27 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Peter A. Bozick (incumbent) 9,150 100.0% 9,150 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 11,846 72.44% Republican Party (United States) Ray Velasquez 4,506 27.56% 16,352 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 29 District 29 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) James C. Simpson (incumbent) 15,433 100.0% 15,433 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Edward T. Hall (incumbent) 11,639 51.61% Democratic Party (United States) George M. Nutwell 10,913 48.39% 22,552 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 31 District 31 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Jerome F. Connell Sr. (incumbent) 11,413 56.64% Republican Party (United States) Gary Q. Green 8,737 43.36% 20,150 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) H. Erle Schafer 12,332 67.75% Republican Party (United States) Richard L. Stack 5,871 32.25% 18,203 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 33 District 33 election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) John A. Cade (incumbent) 14,179 65.73% Democratic Party (United States) Darrell L. Henry 7,392 34.27% 21,571 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 34 District 34 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Walter M. Baker 12,519 57.24% Republican Party (United States) Peter K. Monk 9,352 42.76% 21,871 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 35 District 35 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Frederick Malkus (incumbent) 15,209 100.0% 15,209 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 36 District 36 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph J. Long Sr. 17,952 75.05% Republican Party (United States) Noah Ames Pennewell 5,968 24.95% 23,920 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 37 District 37 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Harry J. McGuirk (incumbent) 7,930 100.0% 7,930 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 38 District 38 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Clarence Mitchell III (incumbent) 7,150 100.0% 7,150 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 39 District 39 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Julian L. Lapides (incumbent) 10,625 100.0% 10,625 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 40 District 40 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Verda Welcome (incumbent) 9,389 100.0% 9,389 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 41 District 41 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Clarence W. Blount (incumbent) 9,849 100.0% 9,849 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 42 District 42 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Rosalie Silber Abrams (incumbent) 16,617 100.0% 16,617 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 43 District 43 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) J. Joseph Curran Jr. (incumbent) 15,431 100.0% 15,431 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 44 District 44 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) John Carroll Byrnes (incumbent) 14,898 100.0% 14,898 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 45 District 45 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Douglass (incumbent) 6,893 100.0% 6,893 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 46 District 46 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph S. Bonvegna (incumbent) 13,034 100.0% 13,034 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 47 District 47 election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Cornell N. Dypski (incumbent) 11,872 100.0% 11,872 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1978 Maryland elections Category:Maryland Senate elections Category:November 1978 in the United States Category:1978 state legislature elections in the United States