1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Maryland State Senate primaries results, district by district
Every Maryland State Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 · Democratic primary | Philip T. Carolan (D) | 26.3 | |
| LD-1 · Republican primary | Edward J. Mason (R) | 1.2 | |
| LD-5 · Democratic primary | Francis H. Kelly (D) | 17.2 | |
| LD-5 · Republican primary | George A. Price (R) | 34.2 | |
| LD-6 · Democratic primary | Arthur Henry Helton Jr. (D) | 62.2 | |
| LD-7 · Democratic primary | Dennis F. Rasmussen (D) | 31.6 | |
| LD-8 · Democratic primary | Patrick T. Welsh (D) | 8.7 | |
| LD-11 · Democratic primary | Roy E. Estes (D) | 47.2 | |
| LD-13 · Democratic primary | Timothy R. Hickman (D) | 6.2 | |
| LD-14 · Democratic primary | James Clark Jr. (D) | 52.2 | |
| LD-15 · Republican primary | John Henry Hiser Jr. (R) | 29.3 | |
| LD-16 · Democratic primary | Joseph D. Gebhardt (D) | 28.0 | |
| LD-18 · Democratic primary | Margaret Schweinhaut (D) | 8.3 | |
| LD-19 · Democratic primary | Sidney Kramer (D) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 · Democratic primary | Victor L. Crawford (D) | 32.3 | |
| LD-21 · Democratic primary | Arthur Dorman (D) | 27.5 | |
| LD-22 · Democratic primary | John J. Garrity (D) | 20.3 | |
| LD-23 · Democratic primary | Thomas Patrick Oreilly (D) | 40.3 | |
| LD-23 · Republican primary | Richard Anthony Blancato (R) | 34.3 | |
| LD-24 · Democratic primary | Leo Green (D) | 5.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-25 · Democratic primary | Tommie Broadwater (D) | 28.9 | |
| LD-28 · Republican primary | Ray Velasquez (R) | 26.5 | |
| LD-29 · Democratic primary | James C. Simpson (D) | 68.0 | |
| LD-30 · Democratic primary | George M. Nutwell (D) | 2.4 | |
| LD-31 · Democratic primary | Jerome F. Connell Sr. (D) | 2.1 | |
| LD-31 · Republican primary | Gary Q. Green (R) | 27.5 | |
| LD-32 · Democratic primary | H. Erle Schafer (D) | 2.5 | |
| LD-32 · Republican primary | Richard L. Stack (R) | 69.0 | |
| LD-34 · Democratic primary | Walter M. Baker (D) | 10.6 | |
| LD-35 · Democratic primary | Frederick C. Malkus Jr. (D) | 38.5 | |
| LD-36 · Democratic primary | Joseph J. Long (D) | 12.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-37 · Democratic primary | Harry J. McGuirk (D) | 29.5 | |
| LD-39 · Democratic primary | Julian L. Lapides (D) | 73.8 | |
| LD-40 · Democratic primary | Verda Welcome (D) | 24.2 | |
| LD-42 · Democratic primary | Rosalie Silber Abrams (D) | 77.2 | |
| LD-43 · Democratic primary | J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) | 50.6 | |
| LD-44 · Democratic primary | John Carroll Byrnes (D) | 60.6 | |
| LD-45 · Democratic primary | Robert L. Douglass (D) | 48.9 | |
| LD-46 · Democratic primary | Joseph S. Bonvegna (D) | 22.6 | |
| LD-47 · Democratic primary | Cornell N. Dypski (D) | 0.5 |
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