2002 Maryland Senate election

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2002 Maryland Senate election

 1998 November 5, 2002 2006 

All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Miller J. Lowell Stoltzfus
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 21, 1987 September 27, 2001
Leader's seat 27th district 38th district
Last election 34 13
Seats won 33 14
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

President

Mike Miller
Democratic

The 2002 Maryland Senate election were held on November 5, 2002, to elect senators in all 47 districts of the Maryland Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Maryland.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 15, 1.91% (gain)
  2. State Senate district 13, 2.03%
  3. State Senate district 13, 2.08%
  4. State Senate district 33, 8.42% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 21: Arthur Dorman lost renomination to John A. Giannetti Jr.[4]
  2. District 41: Barbara A. Hoffman lost a redistricting race to state delegate Lisa Gladden.[4]
  3. District 44: Clarence Mitchell IV lost renomination to Verna L. Jones.[4]

Republicans

In general elections

Democrats

  1. District 7: Diane DeCarlo lost a redistricting race to incumbent Andy Harris.[5]
  2. District 33: Robert R. Neall lost to Janet Greenip.[6]
  3. District 36: Walter M. Baker lost to E. J. Pipkin.[7]

Republicans

  1. District 15: Jean Roesser lost to Robert J. Garagiola.[8]

Predictions

Detailed results

References

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