The 1990 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 6, 1990, as part of the
1990 United States elections, including the
1990 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.
Retiring incumbents
Democrats
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District 17
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:
Mary H. Boergers retired to
run for state senator in District 17.
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District 18: Patricia R. Sher retired to
run for state senator in District 17.
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District 22: Anne MacKinnon retired to run for the
Prince George's County Council
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.
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District 25: Juanita Miller retired to
run for state senator in District 25.
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District 25: Dennis C. Donaldson retired.
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District 26:
Gloria G. Lawlah retired to
run for state senator in District 26.
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District 30: Donald E. Lamb retired.
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District 32: George Schmincke retired.
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District 34:
Barbara Osborn Kreamer
Barbara Osborn Kreamer (born December 8, 1948) is an American politician from Aberdeen, Maryland and a former Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. She was the first woman member of the Harford County Council and the first el ...
retired to
run for Congress in
Maryland's 1st congressional district.
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District 34:
Eileen M. Rehrmann retired to run for
Harford County Executive Harford may refer to:
Places
;Australia:
* Harford, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania
;United States:
* Harford, Pennsylvania a village in Susquehanna County
* Harford, New York, a town in Cortland County
* Harford County, Maryland
Harford ...
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District 36
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: John M. Ashley Jr. retired.
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District 38
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: Shirley W. Pilchard retired.
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District 40
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:
Ralph M. Hughes
Ralph M. Hughes (born April 17, 1948) is an American politician who represented district 40 in the Maryland State Senate from 1991 to 2007 and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the same district from 1983 to 1991.
Background
Hugh ...
retired to
run for state senator in District 40.
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District 46
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: Donald G. Hammen retired.
Republicans
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District 2C:
Donald F. Munson
Donald F. Munson (born December 21, 1937) is a former Maryland State Senator who represented district 2 ( Washington County). He was defeated in both a primary and general election in 2010 by Delegate Christopher B. Shank.
Background
Donald F. ...
retired to
run for state senator in District 2.
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District 31:
John R. Leopold
John Robinson Leopold (born February 4, 1943) is an American politician who served in the state legislatures of Hawaii and Maryland and later as a county executive as a Republican. He was convicted of a common law misdemeanor-misconduct in offi ...
retired to
run for state senator in District 31.
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District 34:
Richard F. Colburn
Richard F. Colburn (born February 9, 1950), a Republican, is a former State Senator for District 37 in Maryland.
Background
Richard Colburn was first elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1994 to represent District 37, which covers Caroline, ...
retired to
run for Congress in
Maryland's 1st congressional district.
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Democrats
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District 6: R. Terry Connelly lost renomination to Leslie E. Hutchinson and incumbents E. Farrell Maddox and Michael H. Weir.
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District 7:
Joseph J. Minnick lost renomination to Connie C. Galiazzo and incumbents
John S. Arnick
John S. Arnick (November 27, 1933 – June 13, 2006) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served in three separate spans of time as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's ...
and Louis L. DePazzo.
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District 18: C. Lawrence Wiser lost renomination to
Chris Van Hollen, John Adams Hurson, and incumbent Patricia H. Billings.
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District 22: M. Teresa O'Hare Johnson lost renomination to
Paul G. Pinsky,
Anne Healey
Anne Healey (born January 2, 1951) is an American politician. She is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 22 in Prince George's County since 1991. She previously served on the City Council in Hyattsville, Maryland fr ...
, and incumbent Richard A. Palumbo.
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District 24:
Carolyn J. B. Howard
Carolyn J. B. Howard is an American politician in the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 24 in Prince George's County. She is the Deputy Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House and a former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus o ...
lost renomination to
Joanne C. Benson
Joanne Claybon Benson (born March 11, 1941) is an American politician who represents District 24 in the Maryland State Senate. She formerly represented District 24 in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Early life and education
Benson was born on ...
and incumbents
Nathaniel Exum
Nathaniel Exum (February 28, 1940 – December 3, 2021) was an American politician from Maryland, a member of the Democratic Party and former member of the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 24 in Prince George's County.
E ...
and Sylvania W. Woods Jr.
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District 28A: Samuel C. Linton lost renomination to Stephen J. Braun and incumbent Michael J. Sprague.
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District 37: Philip C. Foster lost renomination to Samuel Q. Johnson III, Robert A. Thornton Jr., and Don William Bradley.
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District 42 District 42 may refer to:
* California's 42nd congressional district
* Maryland Legislative District 42
* Pennsylvania Senate, District 42
* Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district
* School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
School Di ...
: David B. Shapiro lost renomination to
Delores G. Kelley
Delores Goodwin Kelley (born May 1, 1936) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County.
Background
Born in Norfol ...
and incumbents
James W. Campbell
James William Campbell (born March 14, 1947), was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.
Background
James W. Campbell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979. He served until 2003. He was defeated in t ...
and
Samuel I. Rosenberg
Samuel Isadore Rosenberg (born May 18, 1950) is an American politician who represents the 41st legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Rosenberg is the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, an ...
.
In general elections
Democrats
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District 3A: Royd R. Smith lost to
J. Anita Stup and incumbent
James E. McClellan
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Born in Frederick, Maryland, McClellan served in the United States Army during World War II. He went to University of Maryland and then receiv ...
.
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District 8:
William J. Burgess
William J. Burgess (died September 25, 1996) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland Legislative District 9, District 9 from 1979 to 1982 and representing Maryland ...
and
Donna M. Felling
Donna M. Felling (born March 10, 1950) is an American politician and nurse from Maryland. She served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 8, from 1987 to 1990.
Early life
Donna M. Felling was born on March 10, 1 ...
lost to
Alfred W. Redmer Jr.
Alfred W. Redmer Jr. (born January 15, 1956) was a Maryland Insurance Commissioner and was the Republican nominee for County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland in 2018. He formerly served as a legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates, ...
,
James F. Ports Jr.
James F. Ports Jr. was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 8, which covered portions of Baltimore & Baltimore City in Maryland. He served alongside Democrat Katherine A. Klausmeier and Republican Alfred W. Redmer ...
, and incumbent
Joseph Bartenfelder.
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District 9:
Michael U. Gisriel lost to Gerry L. Brewster and incumbents John J. Bishop and
Martha Scanlan Klima
Martha S. Klima (born December 3, 1938) was first elected in 1982 to represent District 9, which covered a portion of Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. She unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate in 2002. She was defeated by Jim Brochin.
Backg ...
.
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District 13B: Robert J. DiPietro and William C. Bevan lost to Martin G. Madden and
John S. Morgan
John S. Morgan was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 13B, which covered portions of Prince George's County & Howard County Maryland. Along with fellow Republican Martin G. Madden, he helped unseat incumbent D ...
.
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District 34:
William H. Cox Jr.
William H. Cox Jr. (born July 15, 1942) is an American politician from Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1971 to 1990.
Early life
William H. Cox Jr. was born on July 15, 1942, in Edgewood, Maryland. He attended Harford ...
lost to
Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack
Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack (October 24, 1933 – September 27, 2020) was an American politician and physician who represented the Maryland Legislative District 34, 34th district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1991 to 1999.
Early life
Rose M ...
,
Mary Louise Preis, and
David R. Craig
David R. Craig (born June 12, 1949) is an American Republican Party politician from the State of Maryland who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Maryland in 2014. He was appointed, and sworn in as Harford County E ...
.
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District 35A:
Joseph Lutz lost to
Donald C. Fry
Donald Fry (born June 23, 1955) is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland State Senate.
Background
Fry was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1997–99, representing District 35, which covers Harford and Cecil ...
and
James M. Harkins.
Detailed results
All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.
District 1A
District 1B
District 2A
District 2B
District 2C
District 3A
District 3B
District 4A
District 4B
District 5A
District 5B
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13A
District 13B
District 14A
District 14B
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28A
District 28B
District 29A
District 29B
District 29C
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35A
District 35B
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
References
{{1990 United States elections
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