1958 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1958 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  1952 November 4, 1958 1964  
  Jamesglennbeall.jpg Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.jpg
Nominee James Glenn Beall Thomas D'Alesandro
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote544,354452,938
Percentage51.18%48.82%

1958 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
County results
Beall:     50–60%     60–70%
D'Alesandro:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

James Glenn Beall
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Glenn Beall
Republican

The 1958 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1958.

Contents

Senator James Glenn Beall narrowly defeated Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro for re-election to a second term. Beall's victory came despite a national landslide for Senate Democrats.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1958 Republican U.S. Senate primary [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Glenn Beall (incumbent) 50,754 91.00%
Republican Henry J. Lague5,0179.00%
Total votes55,771 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1958 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas D'Alesandro 125,408 34.71%
Democratic George P. Mahoney 119,79633.15%
Democratic James Cabell Bruce 53,36514.77%
Democratic Clarence D. Long 47,29013.09%
Democratic Alden A. Potter6,1941.71%
Democratic William F. Fadler Jr.4,8221.33%
Democratic Andrew J. Easter4,4761.24%
Total votes361,351 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James Glenn Beall (incumbent) 544,354 51.18% Decrease2.svg1.36
Democratic Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. 452,93848.82%Increase2.svg1.36
Total votes997,292 100.00%
Republican hold

Results by county

CountyJ. Glenn Beall

Republican

Thomas D'Alesandro

Democratic

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%
Allegany 1514462.60%904737.40%609725.20%24191
Anne Arundel 2142557.31%1596242.69%546314.61%37387
Baltimore (City) 27217754.58%22646945.42%457089.17%498646
Baltimore (County) 7251457.35%5393642.65%1857814.69%126450
Calvert 205348.49%218151.51%-128-3.02%4234
Caroline 282153.42%246046.58%3616.84%5281
Carroll 825965.70%431234.30%394731.40%12571
Cecil 479150.22%474949.78%420.44%9540
Charles 418051.32%396548.68%2152.64%8145
Dorchester 355644.47%444055.53%-884-11.06%7996
Frederick 1123364.61%615335.39%508029.22%17386
Garrett 373166.53%187733.47%185433.06%5608
Harford 811557.54%598842.46%212715.08%14103
Howard 540260.03%359739.97%180520.06%8999
Kent 283053.76%243446.24%3967.52%5264
Montgomery 4384053.62%3791346.38%59277.25%81753
Prince George's 2668842.35%3632457.65%-9636-15.29%63012
Queen Anne's 210945.12%256554.88%-456-9.76%4674
St. Mary's 272241.49%383858.51%-1116-17.01%6560
Somerset 322847.28%360052.72%-372-5.45%6828
Talbot 406161.02%259438.98%146722.04%6655
Washington 1528858.79%1071841.21%457017.57%26006
Wicomico 568252.46%514947.54%5334.92%10831
Worcester 250548.43%266751.57%-162-3.13%5172
Total54435454.58%45293845.42%914169.17%997292

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

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References

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