1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 Democratic primary for Maryland Delegate District 46
Maryland House of Delegates · Maryland
American Joe Miedusiewski (D) won with 20.0% of the vote, defeating Louis B. Cavallaro (D) by 9.3 points.
American Joe MiedusiewskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.0%10,588
Anthony M. DipietroDemocrat · winner · incumbent
14.2%7,494
Raymond A. DypskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
11.8%6,230
Louis B. CavallaroDemocrat
10.8%5,681
James R. DietrichDemocrat · incumbent
10.3%5,433
Benjamin A. NeilDemocrat
7.4%3,892
Patrick L. McDonoughDemocrat · incumbent
6.9%3,626
Edward DabrowskiDemocrat
5.9%3,111
Michael BaccalaDemocrat
5.4%2,843
Leo Wayne DymowskiDemocrat
3.2%1,714
Sandra Kay CaloDemocrat
1.3%686
David FranklinDemocrat
1.2%630
Lawrence Anthony SeiecickiDemocrat
0.9%499
Rudolph KodrasDemocrat
0.7%383
52,810 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
American Joe Miedusiewski (D)Anthony M. Dipietro (D)Raymond A. Dypski (D)Louis B. Cavallaro (D)James R. Dietrich (D)Benjamin A. Neil (D)Patrick L. McDonough (D)Edward Dabrowski (D)Michael Baccala (D)
Also on the ballot: Leo Wayne Dymowski (Democrat), 3.2%; Sandra Kay Calo (Democrat), 1.3%; David Franklin (Democrat), 1.2%; Lawrence Anthony Seiecicki (Democrat), 0.9%; Rudolph Kodras (Democrat), 0.7%