2006 Maryland House of Delegates election
The 2006 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 7, 2006, as part of the 2006 United States elections, including the 2006 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection. Democrats gained six seats in the House of Delegates, retaining supermajority control of the chamber.
Retiring incumbents
Democrats
- District 11: Robert Zirkin retired to run for state senator in District 11.
- District 17: Michael R. Gordon retired.
- District 18: Richard Madaleno retired to run for state senator in District 18.
- District 19: Adrienne A. Mandel retired to run for state senator in District 19.
- District 19: Carol S. Petzold retired to run for state senator in District 19.
- District 20: Peter Franchot retired to run for comptroller.
- District 21: Pauline Menes retired.
- District 25: Anthony Brown retired to run for lieutenant governor.
- District 26: Obie Patterson retired to run for state senator in District 26.
- District 40: Catherine Pugh retired to run for state senator in District 40.
- District 40: Salima Siler Marriott retired to run for state senator in District 40.
- District 45: Clarence "Tiger" Davis retired.
Republicans
- [Maryland Maryland House of Delegates|House of Delegates District 1A|District 1A]: George C. Edwards retired to run for state senator in District 1.
- District 30: Herbert H. McMillan retired to run for state senator in District 30.
- District 31: John R. Leopold retired to run for Anne Arundel County Executive.
- District 33A: David G. Boschert retired.
- District 42: John G. Trueschler retired.
Incumbents defeated
In primaries
Democrats
- District 13: Neil F. Quinter lost renomination to Guy Guzzone, Shane Pendergrass, and Frank S. Turner.
- District 20: Gareth E. Murray lost renomination to Heather Mizeur, Sheila E. Hixson, and Tom Hucker.
- District 21: Brian R. Moe lost renomination to Ben Barnes, Barbara A. Frush, and Joseline Peña-Melnyk.
- District 23A: Mary A. Conroy lost renomination to James W. Hubbard and Gerron Levi.
- District 26: Darryl A. Kelley lost renomination to Veronica L. Turner, Kris Valderrama, and Jay Walker.
- District 39: Joan F. Stern lost renomination to Saqib Ali, Charles E. Barkley, and Nancy J. King.
- District 40: Marshall T. Goodwin lost renomination to Frank M. Conaway Jr., Barbara A. Robinson, and Shawn Z. Tarrant.
- District 44: Jeffrey A. Paige lost renomination to Keith E. Haynes, Ruth M. Kirk, and Melvin L. Stukes.
- District 47: Rosetta C. Parker lost renomination to Jolene Ivey, Doyle Niemann, and Victor R. Ramirez.
Republicans
- District 35A: Joanne S. Parrott lost renomination to Donna Stifler and Barry Glassman.
In the general election
Democrats
- District 31: Joan Cadden lost to Don H. Dwyer Jr., Nic Kipke, and Steve Schuh.
Republicans
- District 3A: Patrick N. Hogan lost to Sue Hecht and Galen R. Clagett.
- District 8: John W. E. Cluster Jr. lost to Republican Joseph C. Boteler III and Democrats Eric M. Bromwell and Todd Schuler.
- District 15: Jean B. Cryor lost to Kathleen Dumais, Brian Feldman, and Craig L. Rice.
- District 28: William Daniel Mayer lost to Murray D. Levy, Sally Y. Jameson, and Peter Murphy.
- District 32: Terry R. Gilleland Jr. lost to Pamela Beidle, Mary Ann Love, and Theodore J. Sophocleus.
- District 34A: Sheryl Davis Kohl lost to B. Daniel Riley and Mary-Dulany James.