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1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Maryland Delegate District 29

Maryland House of Delegates · Maryland

Royden P. Dyson (D), John Hanson Briscoe (D) and Michael J. Sprague (D) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Royden P. DysonDemocrat · winner
25.8%13,578
John Hanson BriscoeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.5%13,437
Michael J. SpragueDemocrat · winner
22.6%11,936
Calvin L. ComptonRepublican · incumbent
13.2%6,980
12.9%6,779
52,710 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+26.21974D+21.51978

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