1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Maryland Legislative District 35
Maryland State Senate · Maryland
J. Robert Hooper (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Donald C. Fry (D) by 10.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Robert HooperRepublican · winner
55.3%22,741
Donald C. FryDemocrat
44.7%18,370
41,111 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET