1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Maryland State Senate election results, district by district
Every Maryland State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 43 seats
After the electionD 33 · R 10
Races30
Changed party0
Unopposed13%4 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 33 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1A | George E. Snyder (D) | 26.0 | |
| LD-1B | Edward J. Mason (R) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-1C | William A. Wilson (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-2 | Charles H. Smelser · Edward P. Thomas (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| LD-3A | James S. McAuliffe Jr. · Newton I. Steers Jr. (DEM) | 1.8 | |
| LD-3B | Margaret Schweinhaut · Victor L. Crawford (D) | 14.5 | |
| LD-3C | James Clark Jr. (D) | 29.8 | |
| LD-4A | Edward F. Conroy (D) | 29.0 | |
| LD-4B | Meyer M. Emanuel Jr. · William J. Goodman (D) | 5.3 | |
| LD-4C | Fred L. Wineland · Steny H. Hoyer (D) | 14.1 | |
| LD-5 | Paul Jacob Bailey (R) | 7.5 | |
| LD-6A | Alfred J. Lipin (D) | 19.0 | |
| LD-6B | Robert A. Pascal (R) | 26.2 | |
| LD-6C | Edward T. Hall (R) | 19.1 | |
| LD-7 | Joseph A. Bertorelli · Joseph J. Staszak (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-8 | Julian L. Lapides · Robert L. Dalton (D) | 16.4 | |
| LD-9 | J. Joseph Curran Jr. · John Carroll Byrnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Clarence Mitchell III · Verda Welcome (D) | 37.8 | |
| LD-11 | Rosalie Silber Abrams · Clarence W. Blount (D) | 29.9 | |
| LD-12 | William L. Hodges · Harry J. McGuirk (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-13A | John C. Coolahan (D) | 17.7 | |
| LD-13B | Melvin A. Steinberg (D) | 46.1 | |
| LD-13C | Jervis Spencer Finney (R) | 24.8 | |
| LD-13D | John J. Bishop (R) | 1.6 | |
| LD-13E | James A. Pine (D) | 35.1 | |
| LD-13F | Norman R. Stone Jr. (D) | 35.6 | |
| LD-13G | Roy N. Staten (D) | 75.6 | |
| LD-14 | William S. James (D) | 19.2 | |
| LD-15 | Elroy G. Boyer · Robert E. Bauman (DEM) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-16 | Mary L. Nock · Frederick C. Malkus Jr. (D) | 8.2 |
Maryland State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner