1968 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1968 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Nominee Charles Mathias Daniel Brewster George P. Mahoney
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Popular vote541,893443,667148,467
Percentage47.79%39.12%13.09%
1968 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
County results
Mathias:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Brewster:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Daniel Brewster
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles Mathias Jr.
Republican

The 1968 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative Charles Mathias. This is the last time a Senator from Maryland lost re-election.

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Mathias may have benefited from the campaign of George P. Mahoney, the 1966 Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, who ran on the George Wallace American Independent ticket and garnered a significant chunk of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1968 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Brewster (inc.) 150,481 67.45%
Democratic Ross Zimmerman Pierpont38,55517.28%
Democratic Walter Gilchrist Finch19,8298.89%
Democratic Richard R. Howes14,2246.38%
Total votes223,089 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1968 Republican U.S. Senate primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles Mathias 66,777 79.98%
Republican Harry L. Simms11,92714.29%
Republican Paul F. Wattay4,7905.74%
Total votes83,494 100.00%

General election

Results

1968 U.S. Senate election in Maryland [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles Mathias 541,893 47.79%
Democratic Daniel Brewster (inc.)443,66739.12%
American Independent George P. Mahoney 148,46713.09%
Total votes1,134,027 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

CountyCharlies Mathias

Republican

Daniel Brewster

Democratic

George P. Mahoney

American Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1639052.83%1096335.34%367211.84%542717.49%31025
Anne Arundel 3497948.66%2471934.39%1218816.95%1026014.27%71886
Baltimore (City) 8612632.74%13989053.18%3703614.08%-53764-20.44%263052
Baltimore (County) 10666850.72%6996633.27%3369116.02%3670217.45%210325
Calvert 184437.19%171634.61%139828.20%1282.58%4958
Caroline 261648.72%176932.95%98418.33%84715.78%5369
Carroll 1090659.07%469425.42%286315.51%621233.65%18463
Cecil 646649.23%492637.51%174213.26%154011.73%13134
Charles 399237.01%416138.58%263324.41%-169-1.57%10786
Dorchester 348639.79%299234.15%228326.06%4945.64%8761
Frederick 1768866.78%686325.91%19347.30%1082540.87%26485
Garrett 408664.57%147823.36%76412.07%260841.21%6328
Harford 1604653.55%1004233.51%387612.94%600420.04%29964
Howard 962157.54%466127.88%243814.58%496029.67%16720
Kent 261146.92%206637.12%88815.96%5459.79%5565
Montgomery 10646659.34%6248434.82%104765.84%4398224.51%179426
Prince George's 7607347.93%6463640.72%1801811.35%114377.21%158727
Queen Anne's 242645.69%194436.61%94017.70%4829.08%5310
St. Mary's 269232.92%339341.49%209225.58%-701-8.57%8177
Somerset 266045.18%199633.91%123120.91%66411.28%5887
Talbot 436857.44%226129.73%97612.83%210727.71%7605
Washington 1871459.11%966930.54%327710.35%904528.57%31660
Wicomico 769846.09%666739.92%233713.99%10316.17%16702
Worcester 312852.51%188631.66%94315.83%124220.85%5957
Total54775047.95%44584239.03%14868013.02%1019088.92%1142272

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0489 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 478. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0489 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 489. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0474 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 474. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "1968 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. December 31, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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