The 2002 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 5, 2002, as part of the 2002 United States elections, including the 2002 Maryland gubernatorial election . All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.

Retiring incumbents Democrats

District 3: Sue Hecht retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 3. District 6: Edmund C. Dotterwiech Jr. retired. District 8: Kathy Klausmeier retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 8. District 13B: John A. Giannetti Jr. retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 13. District 14: Tod David Sher retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 14. District 15: Mark Kennedy Shriver retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district. District 17: Cheryl Kagan retired. District 18: Sharon M. Grosfeld retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 18. District 22B: Rushern Baker retired to run for Prince George's County Executive. District 24: Darren Swain retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 47. District 26: Kerry A. Hill retired. District 26: David Mercado Valderrama retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 44. District 33: Robert C. Baldwin retired. District 39: Paul H. Carlson retired. District 41: Lisa Gladden retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 41. District 44: Verna L. Jones retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 44. District 46: Cornell N. Dypski retired. District 47: John F. Quirk retired.

Republicans

District 4: David R. Brinkley retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 4. District 5B: Joseph M. Getty retired. District 8: James F. Ports Jr. retired to run for the Baltimore County Council. District 9A: Martha Scanlan Klima retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 42. District 12A: Donald E. Murphy retired. District 15: Richard A. La Vay retired. District 33: Janet Greenip retired to run for Maryland state senator in District 33.

Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats District 6: Jacob Mohorovic Jr. lost a redistricting race to Michael H. Weir Jr., John S. Arnick, and Joseph J. Minnick. District 11: Dana Stein lost to Robert Zirkin, Dan K. Morhaim, and Jon S. Cardin. District 18: Leon G. Billings lost renomination to Ana Sol Gutierrez, John Adams Hurson, and Richard Madaleno. District 20: Dana Lee Dembrow lost renomination to Peter Franchot, Sheila E. Hixson, and Gareth E. Murray. District 23A: Joan Breslin Pitkin lost a redistricting race to Mary A. Conroy and James W. Hubbard. District 28: Samuel C. Linton lost renomination to Sally Y. Jameson, Jim Jarboe, and Van Mitchell. District 41: Wendell F. Phillips lost renomination to Jill P. Carter, Nathaniel T. Oaks, and Samuel I. Rosenberg. District 43: Kenneth Montague Jr. lost a redistricting race to Curt Anderson, Ann Marie Doory, and Maggie McIntosh. District 43: Michael V. Dobson lost renomination to Curt Anderson, Ann Marie Doory, and Maggie McIntosh. District 47: William H. Cole IV lost a redistricting race to Peter A. Hammen, Carolyn J. Krysiak, and Brian K. McHale.

Republicans District 4A: Louise Virginia Snodgrass lost renomination to Paul S. Stull and Joseph R. Bartlett. District 38A: Charles A. McClenahan lost renomination to D. Page Elmore. District 42: Emil B. Pielke lost a redistricting race to John G. Trueschler, Susan L. M. Aumann, and William J. Frank.

In general elections Democrats District 1C: Casper R. Taylor Jr. lost to LeRoy E. Myers Jr. District 7: Nancy M. Hubers lost a redistricting race to Richard Impallaria, J. B. Jennings, and Pat McDonough. District 30: C. Richard D'Amato lost to Michael E. Busch, Virginia P. Clagett, and Herb McMillan. District 31: Mary Rosso lost to Joan Cadden, Don H. Dwyer Jr., and John R. Leopold. District 34A: B. Daniel Riley lost to Charles R. Boutin and Mary-Dulany James. District 36: Wheeler R. Baker and James G. Crouse lost to Michael D. Smigiel Sr., Richard A. Sossi, and Mary Roe Walkup. District 42: James W. Campbell lost to Susan L. M. Aumann, William J. Frank, and John G. Trueschler.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The CookPolitical Report | October 4, 2002

List of districts District 1A • District 1B • District 1C • 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 9A • District 9B • District 10 • District 11 • District 12A • District 12B • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23A • District 23B • 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 33A • District 33B • District 34A • District 34B • District 35A • District 35B • District 36 • District 37A • District 37B • District 38A • District 38B • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47__NOTOC__ All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

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