1970 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1970 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Nominee J. Glenn Beall Jr. Joseph Tydings
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote484,960460,422
Percentage50.71%48.14%
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County results
Beall:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tydings:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Joseph Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

J. Glenn Beall Jr.
Republican

The 1970 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings ran for re-election to a second term, but was narrowly defeated by Republican U.S. Representative J. Glenn Beall Jr.

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Tydings had defeated Beall's father, Senator James Glenn Beall six years earlier. Tydings's own adoptive father Millard had served as senator as well as Beall Sr., making this a rare dynastic election between the sons of former senators.

As of 2024, this was the last time a Republican won the Class 1 Senate seat in Maryland.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1970 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Tydings (incumbent) 242,874 52.68%
Democratic George P. Mahoney 173,15737.56%
Democratic Walter Gilchrist Finch33,3617.24%
Democratic Charles D. White11,6282.52%
Total votes461,020 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1970 Republican U.S. Senate primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. Glenn Beall Jr. 99,687 83.49%
Republican Harry L. Simms9,9278.31%
Republican Wainwright Dawson9,7868.20%
Total votes119,400 100.00%

Results

1970 U.S. Senate election in Maryland [5] [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican J. Glenn Beall Jr. 484,960 50.71% Increase2.svg13.49
Democratic Joseph Tydings (incumbent)460,42248.14%Decrease2.svg14.64
American Harvey Wilder10,9881.15%N/A
Total votes956,370 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

CountyJ. Glenn Beall

Republican

Joseph Tydings

Democratic

Harvey Wilder

American

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1643264.96%842533.31%4371.73%800731.66%25294
Anne Arundel 3964960.54%2498638.15%8571.31%1466322.39%65492
Baltimore 10163157.17%7447941.89%16680.94%2715215.27%177778
Baltimore City 6655233.47%12839264.58%38761.95%-61840-31.10%198820
Calvert 285456.68%214142.52%400.79%71314.16%5035
Caroline 303470.79%122728.63%250.58%180742.16%4286
Carroll 1201575.18%380423.80%1631.02%821151.38%15982
Cecil 752763.67%418435.39%1110.94%334328.28%11822
Charles 582858.50%406240.77%730.73%176617.73%9963
Dorchester 511969.81%210828.75%1061.45%301141.06%7333
Frederick 1474665.85%737532.93%2721.21%737132.92%22393
Garrett 470178.93%118219.85%731.23%351959.08%5956
Harford 1540560.27%994038.89%2130.83%546521.38%25558
Howard 1009761.95%606137.19%1410.87%403624.76%16299
Kent 350265.37%181833.94%370.69%168431.44%5357
Montgomery 6802043.08%8895256.33%9330.59%-20932-13.26%157905
Prince George's 5938546.01%6835652.96%13271.03%-8971-6.95%129068
Queen Anne's 307363.30%175336.11%290.60%132027.19%4855
St. Mary's 429854.38%355544.98%500.63%7439.40%7903
Somerset 399568.37%180530.89%430.74%219037.48%5843
Talbot 485269.05%214330.50%320.46%270938.55%7027
Washington 1908867.85%861130.61%4351.55%1047737.24%28134
Wicomico 930569.99%388329.21%1060.80%542240.79%13294
Worcester 385275.93%118023.26%410.81%267252.67%5073
Total48496050.70%46042248.14%110881.16%245382.57%956470

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0551 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 551. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0551 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 551. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0519 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 519. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  8. ↑ "1970 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 6, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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