1994 Maryland Senate election

1994 Maryland Senate election

← 1990 November 8, 1994 1998 →

All 47 seats of the Maryland Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Miller John A. Cade
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 21, 1987 1984
Leader's seat 27th district 9th district
Last election 38 9
Seats won 32 15
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 6

President before election

Mike Miller
Democratic

President

Mike Miller
Democratic

The 1994 Maryland Senate election were held on November 8, 1994, to elect senators in all 47 districts of the Maryland Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Maryland.

Republicans picked up six seats from the Democrats by tying themselves to the tax-cutting debate surrounding the gubernatorial election between Parris Glendening and Ellen Sauerbrey. This strategy was especially effective in Montgomery County, where Republicans campaigned on the county only getting 52 cents for every dollar in tax revenue it contributed to the state. The elections were marked by the legislature's highest turnover rate since 1974, which gave Republicans their largest legislative gains since the 1950s.[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GeneralLosses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).