The 1998 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 3, 1998, as part of the 1998 United States elections, including the 1998 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.
Republicans hoped that gubernatorial nominee Ellen Sauerbrey would provide the party with enough coattails to continue making gains in the Maryland House of Delegates. However, Democrats, buoyed by large turnout and backlash to impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton, picked up a net of six seats from Republicans. It would be the first time the Democratic Party gained seats in the House of Delegates since 1978.
Retiring incumbents
Democrats
- District 16: Gilbert J. Genn retired.
- District 24: Nathaniel Exum retired to run for state senator in District 24.
- District 25: Michael A. Crumlin retired.
- District 26: C. Anthony Muse retired to run for state senator in District 26.
- District 33: Marsha G. Perry retired.
- District 34: Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack retired.
- District 34: Mary Louise Preis retired to run for state senator in District 34.
- District 41: Frank Boston retired to run for run for state senator in District 41.
- District 41: Clay C. Opara retired.
- District 44: Clarence Mitchell IV retired to run for run for state senator in District 44.
- District 44: Carmena F. Watson retired.
Republicans
- District 3: J. Anita Stup retired.
- District 6: Kenneth Holt retired to run for run for state senator in District 6.
- District 34: Nancy Jacobs retired to run for run for state senator in District 34.
- District 35A: James M. Harkins retired to run for Harford County Executive.
- District 37A: Don B. Hughes retired.
- District 39: W. Raymond Beck retired.
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Democrats
- District 1B: Betty Workman lost renomination to Kevin Kelly.
- District 11: Robert L. Frank lost renomination to Robert Zirkin and incumbents Michael Finifter and Dan K. Morhaim.
- District 25: Brenda B. Hughes lost to Anthony G. Brown, Melony G. Griffith, and incumbent Dereck E. Davis.
In general elections
Democrats
- District 2B: Bruce Poole lost to Christopher B. Shank.
- District 5: Ellen Willis Miller lost to Carmen M. Amedori and incumbents Joseph M. Getty and Nancy R. Stocksdale.
- District 35A: Michael G. Comeau lost to Barry Glassman and Joanne S. Parrott.
Republicans
- District 13B: John S. Morgan lost to John A. Giannetti Jr.
- District 14A: Patricia Anne Faulkner lost to Tod David Sher.
- District 30: Phillip D. Bissett lost to C. Richard D'Amato and incumbents Michael E. Busch and Virginia P. Clagett.
- District 31: Victoria L. Schade lost to Mary Rosso and incumbents Joan Cadden and John R. Leopold.
- District 32: Michael W. Burns lost to Theodore J. Sophocleus and incumbents Mary Ann Love and James E. Rzepkowski.
- District 39: Barrie Ciliberti and Mathew Mossburg lost to Charles E. Barkley, Joan F. Stern, and Paul H. Carlson.
Detailed results
All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.
District 1A
District 1B
District 1C
District 2A
District 2B
District 2C
District 3
District 4A
District 4B
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9A
District 9B
District 10
District 11
District 12A
District 12B
District 13A
District 13B
District 14A
District 14B
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22A
District 22B
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27A
District 27B
District 28
District 29A
District 29B
District 29C
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35A
District 35B
District 36
District 37A
District 37B
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47A
District 47B
References