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1974Final results

1974 election for Maryland Delegate District 12

Maryland House of Delegates · Maryland

Howard J. Needle (D), Theodore Levin (D) and Arthur S. Alperstein (D) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Howard J. NeedleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
30.0%21,448
Theodore LevinDemocrat · winner
29.7%21,252
Arthur S. AlpersteinDemocrat · winner
28.8%20,612
Carl F. BeallRepublican
6.5%4,682
5.0%3,565
71,559 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+63.01974D+64.81978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)