The Maryland county executive elections of 1982 took place on November 2, 1982. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County elected county executives.
Anne Arundel County Republican primary Candidates Nominee John R. Hammond, Annapolis alderman
Eliminated in primary Raymond G. Boileau, consultant
Withdrawn Robert R. Neall, state delegate (ran for re-election)
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee O. James Lighthizer, state delegate
Eliminated in primary George F. Bachman, chair of the Anne Arundel County Council William H. Brill, county councilmember John T. Cecil, former deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture Elmer E. Dunn Sr., accountant and nominee for county executive in 1978 H. Erie Schafer, state senator
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Baltimore County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Donald P. Hutchinson, incumbent county executive
Eliminated in primary Joseph Weir, General Motors employee
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee John Brandau, businessman
Eliminated in primary Leonard Kraus, businessman
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Harford County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Habern W. Freeman, former county councilmember
Eliminated in primary Donald W. Androsky, executive director of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce J. Thomas Barranger, incumbent county executive Charles Boutin, former member of the Harford County Board of Education William O. Carr, mayor of Bel Air John A. Kennedy, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1980 Frank Soltis, real estate consultant and perennial candidate
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee C. Joseph Bernardo, former county councilmember
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Howard County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee J. Hugh Nichols, incumbent county executive
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Montgomery County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Charles W. Gilchrist, incumbent county executive
Eliminated in primary Wade Dunn, businessman
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Joseph McGrath, banker
Eliminated in primary John Hewitt, former campaign treasurer for county executive Charles W. Gilchrist Luiz R. S. Simmons, state delegate
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Prince George's County Republican primary Candidates Nominee Ann Shoch, commissioner of the Maryland-National Capital Park
Eliminated in primary William J. Goodman, C&P Telephone manager
Declined Lawrence Hogan, incumbent county executive (ran for U.S. Senate)
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Parris Glendening, county councilmember
Eliminated in primary John Lee Ball Jr., newspaper ad salesman and candidate for county executive in 1978 Kenneth W. Cutlip, police officer Arthur B. Haynes, schoolteacher
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