Elections for the

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were held on November 6, 2018, with all 47 seats being contested.

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had initially hoped to break the Democrats' supermajority in the upper chamber by knocking off five incumbents, known as their "Drive for Five" plan. Though they did make a net gain of one seat, they came short of their goal. Three seats switched hands: District 9 in Carroll and

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counties flipped from Republican to Democratic while District 38 in

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, Wicomico, and

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counties and District 42 in

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both flipped from Democrats to Republicans. The Maryland Senate had been in Democratic hands since the elections of 1900. Despite Governor

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's success in his gubernatorial race at the top of the ticket, nobody expected Republicans to come close to recapturing the majority. In terms of popular vote, Maryland's Republican Senate candidates performed significantly worse than they previously had in 2014.

Summary

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

#District 12: Edward J. Kasemeyer retired. #District 18:

Richard Madaleno Richard Stuart Madaleno Jr., commonly known as Rich Madaleno (born June 16, 1965), is an American politician from Maryland. A Democrat, he was a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing the state's 18th district in Montgomery County, w ...

retired to run for governor. #District 19:

Roger Manno Roger P. Manno (born April 26, 1966) is an American politician. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2006 to represent the 19th Legislative District, and in 2010 was elected to the Maryland State Senate. Background Roger P. Ma ...

retired to run for

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. #District 25:

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retired. #District 26:

C. Anthony Muse Charles Anthony Muse (born April 17, 1958) is an American politician and minister who has served in the Maryland Senate representing District 26 since 2023, and previously from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the d ...

retired to run for Prince George's County Executive. #District 30:

John Astle John Chandlee Astle (born March 31, 1943) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served four terms in the Maryland State Senate and three terms in the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland's ...

retired to run for mayor of Annapolis in 2017. #District 31: James E. DeGrange Sr. retired. #District 42:

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retired to run for Baltimore County Executive. #District 47: Victor R. Ramirez retired to run for Prince George's County State's Attorney.

Republicans

#District 35: Linda Norman retired.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

#District 28: Thomas M. Middleton lost renomination to Arthur Ellis. #District 40: Barbara A. Robinson lost renomination to Antonio Hayes. #District 43:

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lost renomination to Mary L. Washington. #District 45: Nathaniel J. McFadden lost renomination to Cory McCray.

Republicans

#District 29: Stephen Waugh lost renomination to Jack Bailey.

In the general elections

Democrats

#District 38: James N. Mathias Jr. lost to Mary Beth Carozza.

Republicans

#District 9: Gail H. Bates lost to Katie Fry Hester.

Predictions

Detailed results

All election results are from the Maryland Board of Elections.

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References

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