1990 Maryland House of Delegates election explained

Election Name:1990 Maryland House of Delegates election
Country:Maryland
Type:legislative
Map Size:350px
Previous Election:1986 Maryland House of Delegates election
Previous Year:1986
Election Date:November 6, 1990
Next Election:1994 Maryland House of Delegates election
Next Year:1994
Seats For Election:All 141 seats in the Maryland House of Delegates
Majority Seats:71
Speaker
Before Election:R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.
Before Party:Maryland Democratic Party
After Election:R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.
After Party:Maryland Democratic Party
Image1:3x4.svg
Leader1:R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.
Party1:Maryland Democratic Party
Leader Since1:1987
Leaders Seat1:36th district
Last Election1:124
Seats1:117
Seat Change1: 7
Leader2:Ellen Sauerbrey
Leader Since2:1986
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:10th district
Last Election2:17
Seats2:24
Seat Change2: 7

The 1990 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 6, 1990, as part of the 1990 United States elections, including the 1990 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 17: Mary H. Boergers retired to run for state senator in District 17.
  2. District 18: Patricia R. Sher retired to run for state senator in District 17.
  3. District 22: Anne MacKinnon retired to run for the Prince George's County Council.
  4. District 25: Juanita Miller retired to run for state senator in District 25.
  5. District 25: Dennis C. Donaldson retired.
  6. District 26: Gloria G. Lawlah retired to run for state senator in District 26.
  7. District 30: Donald E. Lamb retired.
  8. District 32: George Schmincke retired.[1]
  9. District 34: Barbara Osborn Kreamer retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 1st congressional district.
  10. District 34: Eileen M. Rehrmann retired to run for Harford County Executive.
  11. District 36: John M. Ashley Jr. retired.
  12. District 38: Shirley W. Pilchard retired.
  13. District 40: Ralph M. Hughes retired to run for state senator in District 40.
  14. District 46: Donald G. Hammen retired.

Republicans

  1. District 2C: Donald F. Munson retired to run for state senator in District 2.
  2. District 31: John R. Leopold retired to run for state senator in District 31.
  3. District 34: Richard F. Colburn retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 1st congressional district.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 6: R. Terry Connelly lost renomination to Leslie E. Hutchinson and incumbents E. Farrell Maddox and Michael H. Weir.[2]
  2. District 7: Joseph J. Minnick lost renomination to Connie C. Galiazzo and incumbents John S. Arnick and Louis L. DePazzo.[3]
  3. District 18: C. Lawrence Wiser lost renomination to Chris Van Hollen, John Adams Hurson, and incumbent Patricia H. Billings.[4]
  4. District 22: M. Teresa O'Hare Johnson lost renomination to Paul G. Pinsky, Anne Healey, and incumbent Richard A. Palumbo.
  5. District 24: Carolyn J. B. Howard lost renomination to Joanne C. Benson and incumbents Nathaniel Exum and Sylvania W. Woods Jr.
  6. District 28A: Samuel C. Linton lost renomination to Stephen J. Braun and incumbent Michael J. Sprague.
  7. District 37: Philip C. Foster lost renomination to Samuel Q. Johnson III, Robert A. Thornton Jr., and Don William Bradley.
  8. District 42: David B. Shapiro lost renomination to Delores G. Kelley and incumbents James W. Campbell and Samuel I. Rosenberg.

In general elections

Democrats

  1. District 3A: Royd R. Smith lost to J. Anita Stup and incumbent James E. McClellan.
  2. District 8: William J. Burgess and Donna M. Felling lost to Alfred W. Redmer Jr., James F. Ports Jr., and incumbent Joseph Bartenfelder.
  3. District 9: Michael U. Gisriel lost to Gerry L. Brewster and incumbents John J. Bishop and Martha Scanlan Klima.
  4. District 13B: Robert J. DiPietro and William C. Bevan lost to Martin G. Madden and John S. Morgan.
  5. District 34: William H. Cox Jr. lost to Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, Mary Louise Preis, and David R. Craig.
  6. District 35A: Joseph Lutz lost to Donald C. Fry and James M. Harkins.

Detailed results

align=center District 1A • District 1B • District 2A • District 2B • District 2C • District 3A • District 3B • District 4A • District 4B • District 5A • District 5B • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13A • District 13B • District 14A • District 14B • 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 28A • District 28B • District 29A • District 29B • District 29C • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35A • District 35B • 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.[5]

District 47

Notes and References

  1. News: Kumpa . Peter . State House of Delegates gets new look for 1991 . September 22, 2023 . . November 14, 1990.
  2. News: Carson . Larry . Connelly lost House seat, but new law was a winner . September 22, 2023 . . October 1, 1990.
  3. News: Roylance . Frank D. . Waldronand . Thomas W. . Pica, Arnick winners again in new count . September 22, 2023 . . September 14, 1990.
  4. News: Tapscott . Richard . Democrats Jostling in Crowded Primaries . September 22, 2023 . . August 23, 1990.
  5. Web site: 1990 Gubernatorial Election Results . elections.maryland.gov . Maryland State Board of Elections . September 22, 2023.

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