The 1986 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 4, 1986, as part of the 1986 United States elections, including the 1986 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.

Retiring incumbents Democrats

District 1B: William B. Byrnes retired. District 1B: W. Timothy Finan retired. District 9: Donald K. Hughes retired. District 9: Thomas B. Kernan retired to run for Baltimore County Executive. District 11: Arthur S. Alperstein retired to run for state senator in District 11. District 11: Paula Hollinger retired to run for state senator in District 11. District 14: Edward J. Kasemeyer retired to run for state senator in District 14. District 16: Marilyn R. Goldwater retired to run for state senator in District 16. District 18: Helen L. Koss retired. District 19: Idamae Garrott retired to run for state senator in District 19. District 19: Lucille Maurer retired to run for state senator in District 19. District 20: Diane Kirchenbauer retired to run for state senator in District 20. District 20: Ida G. Ruben retired to run for state senator in District 20. District 22: Frank Pesci retired. District 25: Jerry E. Perry retired to run for state senator in District 25. District 25: Albert Wynn retired to run for state senator in District 25. District 26: Frederick C. Rummage retired. District 28B: John Knight Parlett retired. District 30: Elmer F. Hagner Jr. retired. District 30: Robert G. Kramer retired. District 41: Wendell H. Phillips retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district. District 42: Ben Cardin retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 3rd congressional district.

Republicans District 16: Connie Morella retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district. District 21: Thomas J. Mooney retired to run for governor. District 32: Robert R. Neall retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district. District 38: Lewis R. Riley retired to run for state senator in District 38.

Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats District 3A: Paul D. Muldowney lost renomination to Bruce Poole. District 8: Dale Anderson lost renomination to Donna M. Felling and incumbents Joseph Bartenfelder and William J. Burgess. District 19: Joseph E. Owens lost renomination to Henry B. Heller, Carol S. Petzold, and Leonard H. Teitelbaum. District 22: David Bird lost renomination to Anne MacKinnon, Paul G. Pinsky, and incumbent Richard A. Palumbo. District 26: Marian L. Patterson lost renomination to Rosa Lee Blumenthal, Gloria G. Lawlah, and incumbent Christine Miller Jones. District 31: William Turc Sr. lost renomination to W. Ray Huff, James J. Riley, and incumbent Charles W. Kolodziejski. District 40: Mary B. Adams lost renomination to Tony E. Fulton and incumbents Ralph M. Hughes and Pete Rawlings. District 43: Charles Bucky Muth lost renomination to Ann Marie Doory and incumbents Gerald Curran and Henry R. Hergenroeder Jr.

Republicans District 4B: V. Lanny Harchenhorn lost renomination to Donald B. Elliott. District 10: Thomas W. Chamberlain Sr. lost renomination to Bob Ehrlich and incumbents Wade Kach and Ellen Sauerbrey.

In general elections Republicans District 3B: M. Albert Morningstar lost to James E. McClellan and Royd Smith.

Detailed results 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 __NOTOC__ 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

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