Maryland 2018 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Maryland held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 187 legislative seats across 114 districts and 4 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Maryland voters split their tickets: they re-elected a Republican governor by double digits while keeping the Democratic supermajorities that can override his vetoes in both chambers.
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) became the first Republican governor re-elected in Maryland in more than 60 years, beating former NAACP president Ben Jealous (D) by about 12 points with Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford (R) on the ticket. One analyst told WTOP it was a personal rather than a partisan victory: Democrats who backed Hogan voted for their own party further down the ballot. Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) and Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) each won re-election by about 30 points or more.
Republicans' "Drive for Five," an effort to gain the five Senate seats needed to sustain Hogan's vetoes, fizzled at the polls with a net gain of one seat. The party flipped two Democratic seats: Mary Beth Carozza (R) unseated Sen. Jim Mathias (D) in Eastern Shore District 38 by about 5 points, and Del. Chris West (R) won the open District 42 in Baltimore County by about 2 points. Democrats took one back in Howard County's District 9, where Katie Hester (D) ousted Sen. Gail Bates (R) by about 1,100 votes. Sen. Bob Cassilly (R) held Harford County's District 34 by fewer than 200 votes.
Democrats gained ground in the House of Delegates, where every seat that changed hands moved their way. Among them:
- Courtney Watson (D) defeated Del. Bob Flanagan (R) in Howard County's District 9B.
- Brian Crosby (D) defeated Del. Deb Rey (R) in St. Mary's County's District 29B.
- Alice Cain (D) picked up an open seat alongside House Speaker Michael Busch (D) in Anne Arundel's District 30A.
- In multi-member districts, Democrats unseated Dels. Glen Glass (R) in District 34A and Tony McConkey (R) in District 33.
- Democrats also won Republican-held seats in District 42B and District 8.
Voters approved both statewide questions: Question 1 dedicates certain gambling revenue to education, and Question 2 authorizes the legislature to allow same-day voter registration.

Legislature

House of Delegates (141 seats): 91 D, 50 R before the election, 99 D, 42 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (47 seats): 33 D, 14 R before the election, 32 D, 15 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others
Governor	Larry Hogan (R) 55.35%	Ben Jealous (D) 43.51%
Attorney General	Brian Frosh (D) 64.8%	Craig Wolf (R) 35.1%
Controller	Peter Franchot (D) 72.1%	Anjali Phukan (R) 27.8%
Lt. Governor	Boyd Rutherford (R) 55.4%	Susan Turnbull (D) 43.5%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House of Delegates 1A	Wendell R. Beitzel (R) 77.6%	Michael Dreisbach (D) 22.2%
House of Delegates 1B	Jason Buckel (R) 62.6%	Penny Walker (D) 37.4%
House of Delegates 1C	Mike McKay (R) 82.1%	Dan DelMonte (G) 17.5%
House of Delegates 2A	Neil Parrott (R) 40%, William Wivell (R) 34.7%	Andrew Barnhart (G) 13.1%, Charlotte McBrearty (G) 11.9%
House of Delegates 2B	Paul Corderman (R) 51.9%	Peter Perini Sr. (D) 47.8%
House of Delegates 3A	Karen Young (D), Carol L. Krimm (D)	Michael Bowersox (R), James Dvorak (R)
House of Delegates 3B	Ken Kerr (D) 52.36%	William Folden (R) 47.57%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 4	Dan Cox (R) 20.6%, Barrie Ciliberti (R) 19.7%, Jesse Pippy (R) 19.2%	Lois Jarman (D) 14.1%, Ysela Bravo (D) 13.6%
House of Delegates 5	Susan Krebs (R) 30.9%, April Rose (R) 26.8%, Haven Shoemaker (R) 26.5%	Emily Shank (D) 15.4%
House of Delegates 6	Bob Long (R) 19.7%, Robin L. Grammer, Jr. (R) 19.5%, Ric Metzgar (R) 19.2%	Nicholas D'Adamo Jr. (D) 13.9%, Megan Ann Mioduszewski (D) 13.2%
House of Delegates 7	Kathy Szeliga (R), Lauren Arikan (R), Rick Impallaria (R)	Allison Berkowitz (D), Gordon Koerner (D)
House of Delegates 8	Eric Bromwell (D) 18%, Harry Bhandari (D) 17.7%, Joseph Boteler III (R) 16.7%	Carl Jackson (D) 16.2%, Joe Cluster (R) 16.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 9A	Trent Kittleman (R) 30.6%, Warren Miller (R) 24.4%	Natalie Ziegler (D) 23.6%, Steven Bolen (D) 21.3%
House of Delegates 9B	Courtney Watson (D) 57.4%	Bob Flanagan (R) 42.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 10	Adrienne Jones (D) 27.4%, Ben Brooks (D) 26.8%, Jay Jalisi (D) 26.4%	George Harman (R) 6.9%, Brian Marcos (R) 6.2%
House of Delegates 11	Jon Cardin (D), Shelly Hettleman (D), Dana Stein (D)	Jonathan Porter (R)
House of Delegates 12	Eric Ebersole (D), Jessica Feldmark (D), Terri Hill (D)	Melanie Harris (R), Bob Cockey (R)
House of Delegates 13	Vanessa Atterbeary (D) 30.7%, Shane Pendergrass (D) 28.4%, Jen Terrasa (D) 27.1%	Chris Yates (R) 13.4%
House of Delegates 14	Anne Kaiser (D) 24.5%, Pam Queen (D) 23.4%, Eric Luedtke (D) 22.8%	Patricia Fenati (R) 10.3%, Kevin Dorrance (R) 9.5%
House of Delegates 15	Kathleen Dumais (D) 24.6%, Lily Qi (D) 23.6%, David Fraser-Hidalgo (D) 22.9%	Laurie Halverson (R) 10.6%, Harvey Jacobs (R) 9.5%
House of Delegates 16	Ariana Kelly (D) 30.6%, Marc Korman (D) 29.4%, Sara Love (D) 29.4%	Bill Day (R) 10.3%
House of Delegates 17	Kumar Barve (D) 30.5%, James Gilchrist (D) 30.1%, Julie Palakovich Carr (D) 29.5%	George Hernandez (R) 9.6%
House of Delegates 18	Emily Shetty (D) 30.4%, Al Carr (D) 30.1%, Jared Solomon (D) 28%	Linda Willard (R) 8.2%, Jon Cook (G) 3%
House of Delegates 19	Charlotte Crutchfield (D) 25.7%, Bonnie Cullison (D) 25.1%, Vaughn Stewart (D) 24.3%	Dave Pasti (R) 9.1%, Martha Schaerr (R) 7.9%
House of Delegates 20	David Moon (D) 35%, Jheanelle Wilkins (D) 33.1%, Lorig Charkoudian (D) 31.3%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 21	Ben Barnes (D) 26.3%, Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D) 25.7%, Mary Lehman (D) 25.6%	Richard Douglas (R) 8.1%, Chike Anyanwu (R) 7.9%
House of Delegates 22	Tawanna P. Gaines (D) 33.6%, Alonzo Washington (D) 31.2%, Anne Healey (D) 29.9%	Winnie Heartstrong (R) 5%
House of Delegates 23A	Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D) 75.11%	Kathleen Kositzky Crank (R) 14.62%, Shabnam Ahmed (D) 10.28%
House of Delegates 23B	Ron Watson (D) 51.12%, Marvin Holmes (D) 48.88%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 24	Andrea Harrison (D) 36.7%, Erek Barron (D) 31.7%, Jazz Lewis (D) 31%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 25	Darryl Barnes (D) 34.8%, Dereck Davis (D) 33.2%, Nick Charles (D) 31.5%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 26	Veronica Turner (D) 35.12%, Jay Walker (D) 31.95%, Kris Valderrama (D) 30.61%	Diedra Henry-Spires (D) 1.82%
House of Delegates 27A	Elizabeth Proctor (D) 98.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 27B	Michael A. Jackson (D) 59.3%	Michael Thomas (R) 40.6%
House of Delegates 27C	Mark Fisher (R) 55.8%	Jason Fowler Jr. (D) 44.1%
House of Delegates 28	Debra Davis (D) 23.8%, Edith Patterson (D) 23.2%, C.T. Wilson (D) 22.8%	Jim Crawford (R) 10.5%, Dave Campbell (R) 10.4%
House of Delegates 29A	Matt Morgan (R) 69%	Roberta Miles Loker (D) 30.9%
House of Delegates 29B	Brian Crosby (D) 53.4%	Deb Rey (R) 46.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 29C	Jerry Clark (R) 57%	Julia Nichols (D) 42.8%
House of Delegates 30A	Michael Busch (D) 32.6%, Alice Cain (D) 29.3%	Chelsea Gill (R) 19.6%, Bob O'Shea (R) 18.4%	Flipped R to D
House of Delegates 30B	Seth Howard (R) 54.4%	Mike Shay (D) 45.6%
House of Delegates 31A	Edward P. "Ned" Carey (D)	Brooks Bennett (R)
House of Delegates 31B	Brian Chisholm (R), Nic Kipke (R)	Karen Simpson (D), Harry E. Freeman (D)	Flipped D to R
House of Delegates 32	Mark Chang (D) 20.9%, Sandy Bartlett (D) 20.7%, Mike Rogers (D) 19.9%	Patty Ewing (R) 13.9%, Mark Bailey (R) 12.4%
House of Delegates 33	Michael Malone (R), Sid Saab (R), Heather Bagnall Tudball (D)	Tony McConkey (R), Pam Luby (D)	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 34A	Mary Ann Lisanti (D) 28.52%, Steve Johnson (D) 24.94%	Glen Glass (R) 24.6%, J.D. Russell (R) 20.21%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 34B	Susan McComas (R) 65%	Jeff Dinger (D) 34.8%
House of Delegates 35A	Kevin Hornberger (R) 63.2%	Jobeth Bowers (D) 36.7%
House of Delegates 35B	Andrew Cassilly (R) 48.6%, Teresa Reilly (R) 33.2%	Ronnie Davis (D) 18%
House of Delegates 36	Steve Arentz (R) 22.6%, Jay Jacobs (R) 22.5%, Jeff Ghrist (R) 21.1%	Crystal Woodward (D) 12.5%, Michael Welker (D) 11%
House of Delegates 37A	Sheree Sample-Hughes (D) 68.5%	Frank Cooke (R) 31.3%
House of Delegates 37B	Johnny Mautz (R) 43.6%, Chris Adams (R) 33.9%	Dan O'Hare (D) 22.3%
House of Delegates 38A	Charles Otto (R) 59.4%	Kirkland Hall Sr. (D) 40.5%
House of Delegates 38B	Carl Anderton, Jr. (R) 94.3%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 38C	Wayne Hartman (R) 95.43%	Ed Tinus (R) 2.1%
House of Delegates 39	Gabriel Acevero (D) 31%, Lesley Lopez (D) 30.1%, Kirill Reznik (D) 27.4%	Verelyn Gibbs Watson (R) 11.2%
House of Delegates 40	Nick Mosby (D) 30.5%, Melissa Wells (D) 29.3%, Frank Conaway, Jr. (D) 25.9%	Joshua Harris (G) 13.6%
House of Delegates 41	Dalya Attar (D) 31.3%, Sandy Rosenberg (D) 31%, Tony Bridges (D) 30.9%	Drew Pate (G) 6.3%
House of Delegates 42A	Stephen Lafferty (D) 70%	Stephen McIntire (R) 29.9%
House of Delegates 42B	Nino Mangione (R) 28.6%, Michele Guyton (D) 26.5%	Tim Robinson (R) 25.5%, Sachin Hebbar (D) 19.3%	Flipped R to D
House of Delegates 43	Regina Boyce (D), Maggie L. McIntosh (D), Curtis S. Anderson (D)	Bonnie Lane (G)
House of Delegates 44A	Keith Haynes (D) 99.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 44B	Pat Young (D) 55.4%, Charles Sydnor (D) 43.6%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 45	Cheryl Glenn (D) 27.6%, Stephanie Smith (D) 27.3%, Talmadge Branch (D) 26.2%	Glenn Ross (G) 4.9%, Andy Ellis (G) 4.5%
House of Delegates 46	Brooke Lierman (D) 28.6%, Luke Clippinger (D) 27.8%, Robbyn Lewis (D) 27.3%	Jeremy Baron (R) 8.3%, Nicholas Wentworth (R) 7.6%
House of Delegates 47A	Julian Ivey (D) 52.2%, Diana Fennell (D) 46.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 47B	Wanika Fisher (D) 99.1%	Unopposed
Senate 1	George C. Edwards (R) 98.3%	Unopposed
Senate 2	Andrew Serafini (R) 71.7%	Jenna Roland (G) 28%
Senate 3	Ronald N. Young (D) 58.5%	Craig Giangrande (R) 41.3%
Senate 4	Michael Hough (R) 59.1%	Jessica Douglass (D) 40.8%
Senate 5	Justin Ready (R) 71.5%	Jamie O'Marr (D) 28.4%
Senate 6	Johnny Salling (R) 55.3%	Buddy Staigerwald (D) 40%, Scott M. Collier (I) 4.6%
Senate 7	J.B. Jennings (R) 66.9%	Donna Hines (D) 33%
Senate 8	Katherine Klausmeier (D) 51.1%	Christian Miele (R) 48.8%
Senate 9	Katie Hester (D) 50.8%	Gail Bates (R) 49.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 10	Delores Kelley (D) 80.3%	Stephanie Boston (R) 19.5%
Senate 11	Bobby A. Zirkin (D) 96.9%	Unopposed
Senate 12	Clarence Lam (D) 66.1%	Joseph D."Joe" Hooe (R) 33.8%
Senate 13	Guy Guzzone (D) 97.4%	Unopposed
Senate 14	Craig Zucker (D) 72.6%	Robert Drozd (R) 27.4%
Senate 15	Brian Feldman (D) 72%	Dave Wilson (R) 27.9%
Senate 16	Susan C. Lee (D) 80.1%	Marcus Alzona (R) 19.8%
Senate 17	Cheryl Kagan (D) 79%	Josephine Wang (R) 20.8%
Senate 18	Jeff Waldstreicher (D) 97.6%	Unopposed
Senate 19	Ben Kramer (D) 88%	David Jeang (G) 10.7%
Senate 20	Will Smith (D) 90.8%	Dwight Patel (R) 9.1%, Vardley St. Preux (Other) 0%
Senate 21	Jim Rosapepe (D) 77.5%	Lee Havis (R) 22.4%
Senate 22	Paul Pinsky (D) 92.4%	Lauren Drew (L) 7.2%
Senate 23	Douglas J. J. Peters (D) 98.6%	Unopposed
Senate 24	Joanne Benson (D) 99.2%	Unopposed
Senate 25	Melony Griffith (D) 99.4%	Unopposed
Senate 26	Obie Patterson (D) 92.5%	Ike Puzon (R) 7.1%
Senate 27	Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. (D) 66%	Jesse Peed (R) 33.9%
Senate 28	Arthur Ellis (D) 66.2%	Bill Dotson (R) 33.6%
Senate 29	Jack Bailey (R) 60.2%	Thomas Brewer (D) 39.6%
Senate 30	Sarah Elfreth (D) 53.8%	Ron George (R) 44.6%, Christopher Wallace Sr. (L) 1.5%
Senate 31	Bryan Simonaire (R) 61%	Scott Harman (D) 38.9%
Senate 32	Pam Beidle (D) 66.4%	John Grasso (R) 33.4%
Senate 33	Edward R. Reilly (R) 53.5%	Eve Hurwitz (D) 46.4%
Senate 34	Bob Cassilly (R) 50.1%	Mary-Dulany James (D) 49.7%
Senate 35	Jason Gallion (R) 67.27%	Frank Esposito (I) 21.09%, Christopher Randers-Pehrson (L) 11.2%
Senate 36	Stephen Hershey, Jr. (R) 65.1%	Heather Sinclair (D) 34.9%
Senate 37	Adelaide Eckardt (R) 59.9%	Holly Wright (D) 40%
Senate 38	Mary Beth Carozza (R) 52.6%	Jim Mathias (D) 47.3%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 39	Nancy King (D) 79.3%	Al Phillips (R) 20.6%
Senate 40	Antonio Hayes (D) 98.7%	Unopposed
Senate 41	Jill Carter (D) 98.2%	Unopposed
Senate 42	Chris West (R) 51%	Robbie Leonard (D) 49%	Flipped D to R
Senate 43	Mary Washington (D) 98.8%	Unopposed
Senate 44	Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (D) 84.5%	Victor Clark Jr. (R) 15.2%
Senate 45	Cory McCray (D) 98.8%	Unopposed
Senate 46	Bill Ferguson (D) 78.2%	Christine Digman (R) 21.6%
Senate 47	Malcolm Augustine (D) 93%	Fred Price, Jr. (R) 6.9%

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Question 1	Dedicating certain gambling revenue to education	Passed (89.06% yes)
Question 2	Authorizes the legislature to enact laws allowing for same-day voter registration	Passed (67.77% yes)

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