1974 primaries · May 1, 1974
1974 Maryland House of Delegates primary results, district by district
Every Maryland House of Delegates district in the 1974 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1A · Democratic primary | Raymond O. McCullough Jr. (D) | 2.7 | |
| HD-1A · Republican primary | Decorsey Emroy Bolden (R) | 8.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-1B · Democratic primary | William B. Byrnes (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-1B · Republican primary | William R. Davis (R) | 5.8 | |
| HD-2A · Republican primary | Edward T. Evans Jr. (R) | 8.0 | |
| HD-2C · Republican primary | Donald F. Munson (R) | 35.8 | |
| HD-3A · Democratic primary | Joseph H. McElwee (D) | 4.2 | |
| HD-3B · Republican primary | Julien P. Delphey (R) | 26.5 | |
| HD-4A · Democratic primary | Charles E. Smith (D) | 3.9 | |
| HD-4A · Republican primary | G. Hunter Bowers Jr. (R) | 10.3 | |
| HD-4B · Democratic primary | Arthur N. Caple (D) | 6.1 | |
| HD-4B · Republican primary | Raymond E. Beck (R) | 12.6 | |
| HD-5A · Democratic primary | William H. Amoss (D) | 16.8 | |
| HD-5B · Republican primary | Richard C. Matthews (R) | 29.4 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | William H. Cox Jr. (D) | 15.3 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Dennis F. Rasmussen (D) | 8.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | John S. Arnick (D) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | William Rush (D) | 7.1 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Harold E. Long (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Robert E. Latshaw Jr. (R) | 13.3 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Walter J. Ballesteros (D) | 1.5 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Bert Booth (R) | 13.4 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Howard J. Needle (D) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | J. Edward Malone (D) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14A · Democratic primary | Joel Chasnoff (D) | 40.7 | |
| HD-14B · Democratic primary | J. Hugh Nichols (D) | 20.6 | |
| HD-14B · Republican primary | Barbara M. Morris (R) | 13.3 | |
| HD-15A · Democratic primary | Jerry H. Hyatt (D) | 33.0 | |
| HD-15B · Democratic primary | Judith C. Toth (D) | 17.2 | |
| HD-15B · Republican primary | Thomas H. Williams (R) | 14.4 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Nancy K. Kopp (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Constance Morella (R) | 5.5 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | S. Frank Shore (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Luiz Simmons (R) | 3.3 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Charles A. Docter (D) | 15.9 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Ida G. Ruben (D) | 5.9 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Pauline H. Menes (D) | 2.3 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Charles Joseph Sullivan Jr. (D) | 9.5 | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Frank B. Pesci (D) | 7.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Leo Green (D) | 10.8 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | B. W. Donovan (D) | 15.8 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Frank J. Komenda (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (D) | 13.6 | |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | James M. Wolfe (R) | 6.0 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | John Hanson Briscoe (D) | 12.3 | |
| HD-30A · Democratic primary | Thomas A. Rymer (D) | 28.3 | |
| HD-30B · Democratic primary | Elmer Hagner (D) | 6.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | William J. Helms Jr. (D) | 2.9 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Tyras S. Athey (D) | 4.0 | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Joseph W. Sachs (D) | 3.6 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Elizabeth Smith (R) | 8.0 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Richard D. Mackie (D) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | William S. Horne (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Robert Charles Long (D) | 29.1 | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | John R. Savage (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | R. Charles Avara (D) | 15.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Isaiah Dixon III (D) | 14.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Richard W. Emory Jr. (D) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Troy Brailey (D) | 15.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Pinkney A. Howell (D) | 2.7 | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | 20.2 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Henry R. Hergenroeder (D) | 7.1 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Gerald J. Curran (D) | 6.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John Douglass (D) | 8.8 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Edward Dabrowski (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Raymond A. Dypski (D) | 4.3 | Incumbent lost |
Maryland House of Delegates
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