1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Maryland House of Delegates primary results, district by district
Every Maryland House of Delegates district in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1A · Republican primary | Decorsey Emroy Bolden (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-1B · Republican primary | John N. Bambacus (R) | 16.1 | |
| HD-2B · Democratic primary | Irwin Hoffman (D) | 28.5 | |
| HD-3A · Democratic primary | Paul Muldowney (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-3B · Democratic primary | James E. McClellan (D) | 27.2 | |
| HD-3B · Republican primary | Julien P. Delphey (R) | 16.4 | |
| HD-4A · Democratic primary | Charles E. Smith (D) | 21.2 | |
| HD-4A · Republican primary | Basil B. Day (R) | 34.2 | |
| HD-4B · Democratic primary | John T. Willis (D) | 13.2 | |
| HD-5B · Democratic primary | John Chris Koch Jr. (D) | 6.4 | |
| HD-5B · Republican primary | Ellen R. Sauerbrey (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Catherine I. Riley (D) | 9.3 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | R. Terry Connelly (D) | 3.7 | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Robert R. Staab (D) | 9.5 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | William J. Burgess (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Kernan (D) | 7.3 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | F. Vernon Boozer (R) | 19.5 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | John T. Moylan (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Thomas W. Chamberlain Sr. (R) | 20.3 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Arthur S. Alperstein (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Louis P. Morsberger (D) | 5.9 | |
| HD-14A · Democratic primary | Joel Chasnoff (D) | 59.2 | |
| HD-14A · Republican primary | Linda Wood (R) | 7.4 | |
| HD-14B · Democratic primary | Hugh Burgess (D) | 8.0 | |
| HD-14B · Republican primary | Joan I. Athen (R) | 13.9 | |
| HD-15B · Democratic primary | Judith C. Toth (D) | 17.1 | |
| HD-15B · Republican primary | Robin Ficker (R) | 7.8 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Joseph E. Owens (D) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | David L. Scull (D) | 11.5 | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Daniel J. Boyle (R) | 16.9 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Lucille Maurer (D) | 3.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Stewart Bainum Jr. (D) | 10.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Timothy F. Maloney (D) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Richard A. Palumbo (D) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Frank B. Pesci (D) | 10.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Gerard F. Devlin (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (D) | 11.1 | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Lorraine M. Sheehan (D) | 6.1 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Charles S. Blumenthal (D) | 20.2 | |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | Ella E. Ennis (R) | 17.3 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Royden P. Dyson (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-30A · Democratic primary | Thomas A. Rymer (D) | 46.4 | |
| HD-30B · Democratic primary | Gerald W. Winegrad (D) | 11.9 | |
| HD-30B · Republican primary | Betty C. Taussig (R) | 9.3 | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Walter J. Shandrowsky (D) | 5.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Tyras S. Athey (D) | 4.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | James Lighthizer (D) | 6.0 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Elizabeth Smith (R) | 11.6 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Carter M. Hickman (D) | 16.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | John R. Hargreaves (D) | 53.1 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Mark Pilchard (D) | 3.4 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | R. Charles Avara (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Isaiah Dixon III (D) | 21.5 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Torrey C. Brown (D) | 8.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Troy Brailey (D) | 9.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Wendell H. Phillips (D) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | 11.3 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | John A. Pica Jr. (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Gerald J. Curran (D) | 6.8 | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Joseph A. Chester (D) | 16.3 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Charles J. Krysiak (D) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | American Joe Miedusiewski (D) | 7.1 | 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