2002 Maryland Senate election

2002 Maryland Senate election

November 5, 2002

All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderMike MillerJ. Lowell Stoltzfus
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Leader sinceJanuary 21, 1987September 27, 2001
Leader's seat27th district38th district
Last election3413
Seats won3314
Seat changeDecrease 1Increase 1

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

President

Mike Miller
Democratic

The 2002 Maryland Senate election were held on November 5, 2002, 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%:

  1. State Senate district 15, 1.91% (gain)
  2. State Senate district 13, 2.03%
  3. State Senate district 13, 2.08%
  4. State Senate district 33, 8.42% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 18: Chris Van Hollen retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district.[1]
  2. District 41: Clarence W. Blount retired.[2]
  3. District 46: Perry Sfikas retired.[3]

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 21: Arthur Dorman lost renomination to John A. Giannetti Jr.[4]
  2. District 41: Barbara A. Hoffman lost a redistricting race to state delegate Lisa Gladden.[4]
  3. District 44: Clarence Mitchell IV lost renomination to Verna L. Jones.[4]

Republicans

In general elections

Democrats

  1. District 7: Diane DeCarlo lost a redistricting race to incumbent Andy Harris.[5]
  2. District 33: Robert R. Neall lost to Janet Greenip.[6]
  3. District 36: Walter M. Baker lost to E. J. Pipkin.[7]

Republicans

  1. District 15: Jean Roesser lost to Robert J. Garagiola.[8]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook
Political Report[9]
Safe DOctober 4, 2002

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
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn J. Hafer (incumbent) 29,602 99.4
Write-in1800.6
Republican hold

District 2

Maryland Senate District 2 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDonald F. Munson (incumbent) 23,640 70.5
DemocraticMary E. Newby9,85929.4
Write-in170.1
Republican hold

District 3

Maryland Senate District 3 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanAlex Mooney (incumbent) 21,617 55.0
DemocraticSue Hecht17,65444.9
Write-in660.2
Republican hold

District 4

Republican primary

Maryland Senate District 4 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDavid R. Brinkley 5,559 52.8
RepublicanTimothy R. Ferguson (incumbent)4,00538.1
RepublicanDavid P. Gray9589.1

General election

Maryland Senate District 4 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDavid R. Brinkley 29,231 76.4
DemocraticTimothy Schlauch8,95723.4
Write-in820.2
Republican hold

District 5

Maryland Senate District 5 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLarry E. Haines (incumbent) 35,749 74.2
DemocraticRonald Zepp12,39925.7
Write-in490.1
Republican hold

District 6

Maryland Senate District 6 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNorman R. Stone Jr. 25,156 98.1
Write-in4921.9
Democratic hold

District 7

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 7 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDiane DeCarlo (incumbent) 7,531 80.0
DemocraticJerry Hersi1,88420.0

General election

Maryland Senate District 7 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanAndy Harris (incumbent) 23,374 57.8
DemocraticDiane DeCarlo (incumbent)16,99142.1
Write-in440.1
Republican hold

District 8

Democratic state senator Thomas L. Bromwell resigned from the Maryland Senate on May 24, 2002, after Governor Parris Glendening appointed him to chair the Maryland Injured Workers' Insurance Fund. John R. Schneider, who Glendening appointed to replace Bromwell in the Senate, died from colon cancer on August 27, 2002.[11] Therefore, the seat had no incumbent state senator.

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 8 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticKathy Klausmeier 10,463 85.2
DemocraticRaymond C. Shiflet1,81514.8

General election

Maryland Senate District 8 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticKathy Klausmeier 24,590 58.5
RepublicanJohn W. E. Cluster Jr.17,42641.4
Write-in550.1
Democratic hold

District 9

Maryland Senate District 9 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRobert H. Kittleman (incumbent) 40,133 98.2
Write-in7461.8
Republican hold

District 10

Maryland Senate District 10 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDelores G. Kelley (incumbent) 29,638 80.8
RepublicanRobbie Page6,98119.0
Write-in630.2
Democratic hold

District 11

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 11 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPaula Hollinger (incumbent) 13,428 83.2
DemocraticLarry L. LeDoyen2,70516.8

General election

Maryland Senate District 11 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPaula Hollinger (incumbent) 29,009 62.5
RepublicanAlan P. Zukerberg17,33637.4
Write-in460.1
Democratic hold

District 12

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 12 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticEdward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent) 9,269 83.1
DemocraticFrank C. Fillmore Jr.1,88916.9

General election

Maryland Senate District 12 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticEdward J. Kasemeyer (incumbent) 25,537 63.2
RepublicanMike Sneeringer14,84336.7
Write-in490.1
Democratic hold

District 13

Republican primary

Maryland Senate District 13 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSandra B. Schrader (incumbent) 3,732 74.4
RepublicanEdward L. Patrick1,28625.6

General election

Maryland Senate District 13 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSandra B. Schrader (incumbent) 20,375 51.0
DemocraticC. Vernon Gray19,56349.0
Write-in320.1
Republican hold

District 14

In January 2002, Governor Parris Glendening appointed Robert H. Kittleman to succeed Christopher J. McCabe in the Maryland Senate[12] following his resignation to serve as the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.[13] Following redistricting, the district had no incumbent.[14]

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 14 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRona E. Kramer 5,369 46.4
DemocraticTod David Sher4,90042.3
DemocraticMatthew Mossburg1,31411.3

General election

Maryland Senate District 14 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRona E. Kramer 22,938 60.7
RepublicanJorge Ribas14,77339.1
Write-in510.1
Democratic hold

District 15

Maryland Senate District 15 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRobert J. Garagiola 20,121 50.9
RepublicanJean Roesser (incumbent)19,36649.0
Write-in180.1
Democratic gain from Republican

District 16

Maryland Senate District 16 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBrian Frosh (incumbent) 32,478 72.1
RepublicanTom Devor12,56327.9
Write-in300.1
Democratic hold

District 17

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 17 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJennie M. Forehand (incumbent) 8,204 81.8
DemocraticSidney Altman1,82518.2

General election

Maryland Senate District 17 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJennie M. Forehand (incumbent) 21,494 71.0
RepublicanRoy A. Burke II8,73728.9
Write-in300.1
Democratic hold

District 18

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 18 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSharon M. Grosfeld 7,527 48.9
DemocraticSteven P. Hollman6,22040.4
DemocraticMichael C. Griffiths1,64310.7

General election

Maryland Senate District 18 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSharon M. Grosfeld 28,504 97.0
Write-in8773.0
Democratic hold

District 19

Republican primary

Maryland Senate District 19 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLynn Siguenza 2,110 58.7
RepublicanLuis F. Columba1,48341.3

General election

Maryland Senate District 19 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLeonard Teitelbaum (incumbent) 25,825 69.8
RepublicanLynn Siguenza11,14630.1
Write-in370.1
Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland Senate District 20 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticIda G. Ruben (incumbent) 22,738 82.1
RepublicanJohn W. Wrightson4,88517.6
Write-in680.3
Democratic hold

District 21

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 21 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohn A. Giannetti Jr. 4,365 51.3
DemocraticArthur Dorman (incumbent)4,14048.7

General election

Maryland Senate District 21 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohn A. Giannetti Jr. 18,767 97.1
Write-in5642.9
Democratic hold

District 22

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 22 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPaul G. Pinsky (incumbent) 8,240 76.0
DemocraticRichard R. Pilski2,59824.0

General election

Maryland Senate District 22 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPaul G. Pinsky (incumbent) 19,930 99.2
Write-in1690.8
Democratic hold

District 23

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 23 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLeo E. Green (incumbent) 9,406 56.5
DemocraticBobby G. Henry Jr.7,25243.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 23 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLeo E. Green (incumbent) 29,387 79.9
RepublicanFran C. Shellenberger7,37420.0
Write-in290.1
Democratic hold

District 24

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 24 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNathaniel Exum (incumbent) 11,427 82.1
DemocraticMilton Grady2,49617.9

General election

Maryland Senate District 24 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNathaniel Exum (incumbent) 21,570 99.6
Write-in800.4
Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 25 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticUlysses Currie (incumbent) 10,544 64.6
DemocraticSharrarne Morton5,78535.4

General election

Maryland Senate District 25 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticUlysses Currie (incumbent) 24,761 99.7
Write-in850.3
Democratic hold

District 26

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 26 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGloria G. Lawlah (incumbent) 12,343 69.3
DemocraticDavid Mercado Valderrama3,24018.2
DemocraticZalee G. Harris2,22212.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 26 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGloria G. Lawlah (incumbent) 12,343 99.4
Write-in1620.6
Democratic hold

District 27

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 27 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticThomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 9,708 62.1
DemocraticJuanita D. Miller5,20333.3
DemocraticMinerva Sanders7104.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 27 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticThomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent) 26,875 71.8
RepublicanToni Jarboe-Duley10,51228.1
Write-in310.1
Democratic hold

District 28

Maryland Senate District 28 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticThomas M. Middleton (incumbent) 21,735 64.0
RepublicanJim Easter12,22136.0
Write-in160.1
Democratic hold

District 29

Maryland Senate District 29 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRoy Dyson (incumbent) 20,532 58.2
RepublicanBarbara R. Thompson14,71441.7
Write-in200.1
Democratic hold

District 30

Republican primary

Maryland Senate District 30 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanAndy Smarick 4,569 66.1
RepublicanNora Criss-McIntire Keenan2,34233.9

General election

Maryland Senate District 30 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohn Astle (incumbent) 24,799 55.4
RepublicanAndy Smarick19,92244.5
Write-in440.1
Democratic hold

District 31

Maryland Senate District 31 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPhilip C. Jimeno (incumbent) 23,381 62.3
RepublicanDavid K. Kyle14,10037.6
Write-in300.1
Democratic hold

District 32

Maryland Senate District 32 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames E. DeGrange Sr. (incumbent) 19,623 59.2
RepublicanTerry R. Gilleland Jr.13,49040.7
Write-in450.1
Democratic hold

District 33

Maryland Senate District 33 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJanet Greenip 27,512 54.2
DemocraticRobert R. Neall (incumbent)23,23645.8
Write-in240.1
Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

Maryland Senate District 34 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanNancy Jacobs (incumbent) 20,474 60.4
DemocraticArt Helton13,39939.5
Write-in450.1
Republican hold

District 35

Republican primary

Maryland Senate District 35 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJ. Robert Hooper (incumbent) 7,600 63.1
RepublicanKenneth E. Unitas2,69522.4
RepublicanAnthony M. DiPietro Jr.1,74114.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 35 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJ. Robert Hooper (incumbent) 42,766 98.1
Write-in8171.9
Republican hold

District 36

Maryland Senate District 36 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanE. J. Pipkin 24,827 62.5
DemocraticWalter M. Baker (incumbent)14,89837.5
Write-in270.1
Republican gain from Democratic

District 37

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 37 Republican primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGrason Eckel 6,530 76.5
DemocraticRonald K. Warden Sr.2,00523.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 37 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRichard F. Colburn (incumbent) 26,144 68.6
DemocraticGrason Eckel11,92531.3
Write-in390.1
Republican hold

District 38

Maryland Senate District 38 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJ. Lowell Stoltzfus (incumbent) 27,328 68.7
DemocraticRobert Lee Marvel Jr.12,43231.2
Write-in300.1
Republican hold

District 39

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 39 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPatrick J. Hogan (incumbent) 5,448 71.7
DemocraticDavid Bernhard2,15428.3

General election

Maryland Senate District 39 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPatrick J. Hogan (incumbent) 19,099 66.2
RepublicanRobin Ficker9,68933.6
Write-in650.2
Democratic hold

District 40

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 40 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRalph M. Hughes (incumbent) 9,777 83.3
DemocraticDesiree M. Dodson1,95716.7

General election

Maryland Senate District 40 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRalph M. Hughes (incumbent) 19,189 99.6
Write-in810.4
Democratic hold

District 41

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 41 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLisa Gladden 10,084 49.4
DemocraticBarbara A. Hoffman (incumbent)8,83343.3
DemocraticFrank Boston1,4867.3

General election

Maryland Senate District 41 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLisa Gladden 25,461 97.4
Write-in6732.6
Democratic hold

District 42

Maryland Senate District 42 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Brochin 22,709 51.0
RepublicanMartha Scanlan Klima21,78148.9
Write-in450.1
Democratic hold

District 43

Maryland Senate District 43 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJoan Carter Conway 24,244 99.5
Write-in1270.5
Democratic hold

District 44

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 44 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticVerna L. Jones 7,384 68.5
DemocraticClarence Mitchell IV (incumbent)3,38931.5

General election

Maryland Senate District 44 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticVerna L. Jones 16,135 99.5
Write-in800.5
Democratic hold

District 45

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 45 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNathaniel J. McFadden (incumbent) 9,194 81.4
DemocraticFrederick A. Broccolino2,09718.6

General election

Maryland Senate District 45 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNathaniel J. McFadden (incumbent) 19,016 84.0
RepublicanGordon T. Gates3,61316.0
Write-in190.1
Democratic hold

District 46

Maryland Senate District 46 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGeorge W. Della Jr. (incumbent) 16,825 99.0
Write-in1771.04
Democratic hold

District 47

Democratic primary

Maryland Senate District 47 Democratic primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGwendolyn T. Britt 3,078 34.0
DemocraticDarren Swain2,25124.8
DemocraticTommie Broadwater2,05122.6
DemocraticMalinda Genevia Miles1,06911.8
DemocraticDavid Henry Otero2703.0
DemocraticKay Young1942.1
DemocraticAllieu B. Kallay1501.7

General election

Maryland Senate District 47 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGwendolyn T. Britt 14,163 99.4
Write-in820.6
Democratic hold

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