Elections for the Maryland State Senate consisted of a primary election on September 10, 2002, and a general election on November 5, 2002.
Qualifications
Section 9 of Article 3 of theMaryland Constitution states, "A person is eligible to serve as a Senator or Delegate, who on the date of his election, (1) is a citizen of the State of Maryland, (2) has resided therein for at least one year next preceding that date, and (3) if the district which he has been chosen to represent has been established for at least six months prior to the date of his election, has resided in that district for six months next preceding that date.
If the district which the person has been chosen to represent has been established less than six months prior to the date of his election, then in addition to (1) and (2) above, he shall have resided in the district for as long as it has been established.
A person is eligible to serve as a Senator, if he has attained the age of twenty-five years, or as a Delegate, if he has attained the age of twenty-one years, on the date of his election."
List of candidates
District 1
September 10 Democratic primary:- No candidates filed for election.
September 10 GOP primary:- John J. Hafter
a
November 7 General election candidates:
John J. Hafter
District 2
September 10 Democratic primary:- Mary E. Newby
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Donald F. Munson
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Mary E. Newby: 9,859
Donald F. Munson: 23,640
District 3
September 10 Democratic primary:- C. Sue Hecht
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Alex X. Mooney
a
November 7 General election candidates:
C. Sue Hecht: 17,654
Alex X. Mooney: 21,617
District 4
September 10 Democratic primary:- Timothy Schlauch
a
September 10 GOP primary:- David R. Brinkley: 5,559
a - Timothy R. Ferguson: 4,005
- David P. Gray: 958
November 7 General election candidates:
Timothy Schlauch: 8,957
David R. Brinkley: 29,231
District 5
September 10 Democratic primary:- Ronald Zepp
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Larry E. Haines
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Ronald Zepp: 12,399
Larry E. Haines: 35,749
District 6
September 10 Democratic primary:- Norman R. Stone, Jr.
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Norman R. Stone, Jr.
District 7
September 10 Democratic primary:- Diane DeCarlo: 7,531
a - Jerry Hersl: 1,884
September 10 GOP primary:- Andrew P. Harris
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Diane DeCarlo: 16,991
Andrew P. Harris: 23,374
District 8
September 10 Democratic primary:- Katherine A. Klausmeier: 10,463
a - Raymond C. Shiflet: 1,815
September 10 GOP primary:- John Cluster, Jr.
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Katherine A. Klausmeier: 24,590
John Cluster, Jr.: 17,426
District 9
September 10 Democratic primary:- No candidates filed for election.
September 10 GOP primary:- Robert H. Kittleman
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Robert H. Kittleman
District 10
September 10 Democratic primary:- Delores G. Kelley
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Robbie Page
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Delores G. Kelley: 29,638
Robbie Page: 6,981
District 11
September 10 Democratic primary:- Paula Colodny Hollinger: 13,428
a - Larry L. LeDoyen: 2,705
September 10 GOP primary:- Alan P. Zukerberg
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Paula Colodny Hollinger: 29,009
Alan P. Zukerberg: 17,336
District 12
September 10 Democratic primary:- Frank C. Fillmore, Jr.: 1,889
- Edward J. Kasemeyer: 9,269
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Mike Sneeringer
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Edward J. Kasemeyer: 25,537
Mike Sneeringer: 14,843
District 13
September 10 Democratic primary:- C. Vernon Gray
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Edward L. Patrick: 1,286
- Sandra B. Schrader: 3,732
a
November 7 General election candidates:
C. Vernon Gray: 19,583
Sandra B. Schrader: 20,375
District 14
September 10 Democratic primary:- Rona E. Kramer: 5,369
a - Matt Mossburg: 1,314
- Tod David: 4,900
September 10 GOP primary:- Richard LaVay
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Rona E. Kramer: 22,938
Richard LaVay: 14,773
District 15
September 10 Democratic primary:- Rob Garagiola
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Jean W. Roesser
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Rob Garagiola: 20,121
Jean W. Roesser: 19,366
District 16
September 10 Democratic primary:- Brian E. Frosh
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Tom Devor
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Brian E. Frosh: 32,478
Tom Devor: 12,563
District 17
September 10 Democratic primary:- Sidney Altman: 1,825
- Jennie M. Forehand: 8,204
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Roy A. Burke, II
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Jennie M. Forehand: 21,494
Roy A. Burke, II: 8,737
District 18
September 10 Democratic primary:- Michael C. Griffiths: 1,643
- Sharon Grosfeld: 7,527
a - Steven P. Hollman: 6,220
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Sharon Grosfeld: 28,504
Shelly Skolnick (Write-in): 492
District 19
September 10 Democratic primary:- Leonard H. Teitelbaum: 12,369
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Luis F. Columba: 1,483
- Lynn Siguenza: 2,110
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Leonard H. Teitelbaum: 25,825
Lynn Siguenza: 11,146
District 20
September 10 Democratic primary:- Ida G. Ruben
a
September 10 GOP primary:- John W. Wrightson
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Ida G. Ruben: 22,738
John W. Wrightson: 4,885
District 21
September 10 Democratic primary:- Arthur Dorman: 4,140
- John A. Giannetti, Jr.: 4,365
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
John A. Giannetti, Jr.
District 22
September 10 Democratic primary:- Richard R. Pilski: 2,598
- Paul G. Pinsky: 8,240
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Paul G. Pinsky
District 23
September 10 Democratic primary:- Leo E. Green: 9,406
a - Bobby G. Henry, Jr.: 7,252
September 10 GOP primary:- Fran C. Shellenberger
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Leo E. Green: 29,387
Fran C. Shellenberger: 7,374
District 24
September 10 Democratic primary:- Nathaniel Exum: 11,427
a - Milton Grady: 2,496
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Nathaniel Exum
District 25
September 10 Democratic primary:- Ulysses Currie: 10,544
a - Sharrarne Morton: 5,785
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Ulysses Currie
District 26
September 10 Democratic primary:- Zalee G. Harris: 2,222
- Gloria Lawlah: 12,343
a - David M. Valderrama: 3,240
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Gloria Lawlah
District 27
September 10 Democratic primary:- Juanita D. Miller: 5,203
- Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.: 9,708
a - Minerva Sanders: 710
September 10 GOP primary:- Toni Jarboe-Duley
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.: 26,875
Toni Jarboe-Duley: 10,512
District 28
September 10 Democratic primary:- Thomas McLain Middleton
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Jim Easter
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Thomas McLain Middleton: 21,735
Jim Easter: 12,221
District 29
September 10 Democratic primary:- Roy Dyson
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Barbara R. Thompson
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Roy Dyson: 20,532
Barbara R. Thompson: 14,714
District 30
September 10 Democratic primary:- John C. Astle
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Nora Criss-McIntire Keenan: 2,342
- Andy Smarick: 4,569
a
November 7 General election candidates:
John C. Astle: 24,799
Andy Smarick: 19,922
District 31
September 10 Democratic primary:- Philip C. Jimeno
a
September 10 GOP primary:- David K. Kyle
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Philip C. Jimeno: 23,381
David K. Kyle: 14,100
District 32
September 10 Democratic primary:- James E. DeGrange, Sr.
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Terry R. Gilleland, Jr.
a
November 7 General election candidates:
James E. DeGrange, Sr.: 19,623
Terry R. Gilleland, Jr.: 13,490
District 33
September 10 Democratic primary:- Robert R. Neall
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Janet Greenip
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Robert R. Neall: 23,236
Janet Greenip: 27,512
District 34
September 10 Democratic primary:- Arthur Henry Helton, Jr.
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Nancy Jacobs
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Arthur Henry Helton, Jr.: 13,399
Nancy Jacobs: 20,474
District 35
September 10 Democratic primary:- No candidates filed for election.
September 10 GOP primary:- Anthony M. DiPietro, Jr.: 1,741
- J. Robert Hooper: 7,600
a - Kenneth E. Unitas: 2,695
November 7 General election candidates:
J. Robert Hooper
District 36
September 10 Democratic primary:- Walter M. Baker
a
September 10 GOP primary:- E. J. Pipkin
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Walter M. Baker: 14,898
E. J. Pipkin: 24,827
District 37
September 10 Democratic primary:
- Grason Eckel: 6,530
a - Ronald K. Warden, Sr: 2,005
September 10 GOP primary:- Richard F. Colburn
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Grason Eckel: 11,925
Richard F. Colburn: 26,144
District 38
September 10 Democratic primary:- Robert Lee Marvel, Jr.
a
September 10 GOP primary:- J. Lowell Stoltzfus
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Robert Lee Marvel, Jr.: 12,432
J. Lowell Stoltzfus: 27,328
District 39
September 10 Democratic primary:- David Bernhard: 2,154
- Patrick J. Hogan: 5,448
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Robin Ficker
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Patrick J. Hogan: 19,099
Robin Ficker: 9,689
District 40
September 10 Democratic primary:- Desiree M. Dodson: 1,957
- Ralph M. Hughes: 9,777
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Ralph M. Hughes
District 41
September 10 Democratic primary:- Frank D. Boston, Jr.: 1,486
- Lisa A. Gladden: 10,084
a - Barbara A. Hoffman: 8,833
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Lisa A. Gladden
District 42
September 10 Democratic primary:- Jim Brochin
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Martha Scanlan Klima
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Jim Brochin: 22,709
Martha Scanlan Klima: 21,781
District 43
September 10 Democratic primary:- Joan Carter
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Joan Carter
District 44
September 10 Democratic primary:- Verna L. Jones: 7,384
a - Clarence M. Mitchell, IV: 3,389
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Verna L. Jones
District 45
September 10 Democratic primary:- Frederick A. Broccolino: 2,097
- Nathaniel J. McFadden: 9,194
a
September 10 GOP primary:- Gordon T. Gates
a
November 7 General election candidates:
Nathaniel J. McFadden: 19,016
Gordon T. Gates: 3,613
District 46
September 10 Democratic primary:- George W. Della
a
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
George W. Della
District 47
September 10 Democratic primary:- Gwendolyn Britt: 3,078
a - Tommie Broadwater: 2,051
- Allieu B. Kallay: 150
- Malinda Genevia Miles: 1,069
- David Henry Otero: 270
- Darren M. Swain: 2,251
- Kay Young: 194
September 10 GOP primary:- No candidates filed for election.
November 7 General election candidates:
Gwendolyn Britt
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Footnotes
Leadership
Senate President:William Ferguson
Majority Leader:Guy Guzzone
Minority Leader:Stephen Hershey
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