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1978 Maryland Senate election

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November 7, 1978

1982 →

All 47 seats in theMaryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Steny Hoyer (retired)	Edward J. Mason
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	January 3, 1975	January 1975
Leader's seat	District 26	District 1
Last election	39	8
Seats after	40	7
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	601,857	197,097
Percentage	74.94%	24.54%

President before election

Steny Hoyer
Democratic

ElectedPresident

James Clark Jr.
Democratic

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The1978 Maryland Senate election was held on November 7, 1978, to determine which party would control theMaryland 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 byDemocrats and 8 seats were held byRepublicans. The general election saw the Democrats expand their majority by a single seat.^[1]^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward J. Mason (incumbent)	13,981	55.27%
	Democratic	Philip T. Carolan	11,313	44.73%
Total votes			25,294	100.0%
	Republicanhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Cushwa (incumbent)	15,338	100.0%
Total votes			15,338	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward P. Thomas Jr. (incumbent)	11,281	100.0%
Total votes			11,281	100.0%
	Republicanhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Smelser (incumbent)	16,453	100.0%
Total votes			16,453	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis X. Kelly	16,256	54.74%
	Republican	George A. Price	13,439	45.26%
Total votes			29,695	100.0%
	Democraticgain fromRepublican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Henry Helton Jr. (incumbent)	15,152	100.0%
Total votes			15,152	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis F. Rasmussen	16,446	76.72%
	Republican	Leonard A. Kraus	4,991	23.28%
Total votes			21,437	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick T. Welsh	15,295	87.35%
	Republican	Bob H. Estes	2,214	12.65%
Total votes			17,509	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman R. Stone Jr. (incumbent)	17,445	100.0%
Total votes			17,445	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Bishop Jr. (incumbent)	15,205	60.98%
	Democratic	David J. Preller	9,729	39.02%
Total votes			24,934	100.0%
	Republicanhold

District 15 election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laurence Levitan (incumbent)	16,507	48.00%
	Republican	John Henry Hiser Jr.	13,693	39.81%
	Independent	Bette Marshall	4,194	12.19%
Total votes			34,394	100.0%
	Democratichold

District 16 election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard A. Denis	13,558	50.39%
	Democratic	Joseph D. Gebhardt	13,347	49.61%
Total votes			26,905	100.0%
	Republicanhold

District 17 election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	S. Frank Shore	12,113	56.48%
	Republican	Albert E. Nunn	9,335	43.52%
Total votes			21,448	100.0%
	Democratichold

District 23 election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Patrick O'Reilly (incumbent)	9,192	70.08%
	Republican	Richard Anthony Blancato	3,924	29.92%
Total votes			13,116	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert E. Stroble (incumbent)	14,112	61.24%
	Democratic	Roy E. Estes	8,931	38.76%
Total votes			23,043	100.0%
	Republicanhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melvin Steinberg (incumbent)	22,223	82.01%
	Republican	Harvey T. Galonoy	4,874	17.99%
Total votes			27,097	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy R. Hickman	15,803	100.0%
Total votes			15,803	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Clark Jr. (incumbent)	28,909	100.0%
Total votes			28,909	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret Schweinhaut (incumbent)	16,359	71.94%
	Republican	Donald H. Dalton	6,382	28.06%
Total votes			22,741	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sidney Kramer	17,332	100.0%
Total votes			17,332	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor L. Crawford (incumbent)	11,638	100.0%
Total votes			11,638	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Dorman (incumbent)	10,315	61.45%
	Republican	Julia Brown	6,470	38.55%
Total votes			16,785	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Garrity	9,938	100.0%
Total votes			9,938	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward T. Conroy (incumbent)	15,072	100.0%
Total votes			15,072	100.0%
	Democratichold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tommie Broadwater (incumbent)	5,542	62.07%
	Republican	Joseph M. Parker	3,386	37.93%
Total votes			8,928	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	B. W. Mike Donovan	7,362	100.0%
Total votes			7,362	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter A. Bozick (incumbent)	9,150	100.0%
Total votes			9,150	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas V. Miller Jr. (incumbent)	11,846	72.44%
	Republican	Ray Velasquez	4,506	27.56%
Total votes			16,352	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Simpson (incumbent)	15,433	100.0%
Total votes			15,433	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward T. Hall (incumbent)	11,639	51.61%
	Democratic	George M. Nutwell	10,913	48.39%
Total votes			22,552	100.0%
	Republicanhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome F. Connell Sr. (incumbent)	11,413	56.64%
	Republican	Gary Q. Green	8,737	43.36%
Total votes			20,150	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	H. Erle Schafer	12,332	67.75%
	Republican	Richard L. Stack	5,871	32.25%
Total votes			18,203	100.0%
	Democratichold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Cade (incumbent)	14,179	65.73%
	Democratic	Darrell L. Henry	7,392	34.27%
Total votes			21,571	100.0%
	Republicanhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter M. Baker	12,519	57.24%
	Republican	Peter K. Monk	9,352	42.76%
Total votes			21,871	100.0%
	Democratichold