1986 primaries · May 1, 1986
1986 Maryland State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Maryland State Senate district in the 1986 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-3 · Democratic primary | Gerald Downs (D) | 3.8 | |
| LD-3 · Republican primary | John W. Derr (R) | 38.8 | |
| LD-4 · Democratic primary | Charles H. Smelser (D) | 4.3 | |
| LD-4 · Republican primary | John Thompson (R) | 16.2 | |
| LD-5 · Democratic primary | Robert E. Spellman (D) | 39.1 | |
| LD-6 · Democratic primary | Michael J. Collins (D) | 51.2 | |
| LD-8 · Republican primary | Edward J. Glusing (R) | 8.0 | |
| LD-9 · Republican primary | F. Vernon Boozer (R) | 82.4 | |
| LD-11 · Democratic primary | Paula Colodny Hollinger (D) | 5.3 | |
| LD-12 · Democratic primary | John C. Coolahan (D) | 58.3 | |
| LD-13 · Democratic primary | Thomas M. Yeager (D) | 77.4 | |
| LD-13 · Republican primary | John C. Murphy (R) | 45.7 | |
| LD-14 · Democratic primary | Edward J. Kasemeyer (D) | 22.1 | |
| LD-15 · Democratic primary | Laurence Levitan (D) | 5.7 | |
| LD-19 · Democratic primary | Idamae Garrott (D) | 21.2 | |
| LD-20 · Democratic primary | Ida G. Ruben (D) | 0.4 | |
| LD-23 · Democratic primary | Leo Green (D) | 56.3 | |
| LD-24 · Democratic primary | Decatur W. Trotter (D) | 26.1 | |
| LD-25 · Democratic primary | Albert Wynn (D) | 36.5 | |
| LD-26 · Democratic primary | Frank J. Komenda (D) | 37.2 | |
| LD-27 · Democratic primary | Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D) | 65.5 | |
| LD-30 · Democratic primary | Gerald W. Winegrad (D) | 36.8 | |
| LD-36 · Democratic primary | Walter M. Baker (D) | 13.3 | |
| LD-39 · Democratic primary | Michael B. Mitchell (D) | 20.8 | |
| LD-39 · Republican primary | Victor Clark Jr. (R) | 37.0 | |
| LD-40 · Democratic primary | Troy Brailey (D) | 62.5 | |
| LD-41 · Democratic primary | Clarence W. Blount (D) | 83.0 | |
| LD-42 · Democratic primary | Barbara Hoffman (D) | 10.4 | |
| LD-43 · Democratic primary | John A. Pica Jr. (D) | 77.2 | |
| LD-45 · Democratic primary | Nathan C. Irby Jr. (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-46 · Democratic primary | Joseph S. Bonvegna (D) | 44.4 |
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