1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1976 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  1970 November 2, 1976 1982  
  Sen Paul Sarbanes.jpg Jglennbealljr (cropped).jpg
Nominee Paul Sarbanes J. Glenn Beall Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote772,101530,439
Percentage56.55%38.85%

Maryland Senate Election Results by County, 1976.svg
County results
Sarbanes:     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%
Beall:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

John Glenn Beall Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

The 1976 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Glenn Beall Jr. ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Paul Sarbanes.

Contents

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results [1] [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paul Sarbanes 772,101 56.55%
Republican John Glenn Beall Jr. (incumbent)530,43938.85%
Independent Bruce Bradley62,7504.60%
Majority241,66217.70%
Turnout 1,365,290
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

CountyPaul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

J. Glenn Beall

Republican

Bruce Bradley

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1380246.17%1468049.10%14154.73%-878-2.94%29897
Anne Arundel 5443549.72%4965545.35%54034.93%47804.37%109493
Baltimore (City) 19191677.08%5137520.63%56962.29%14054156.45%248987
Baltimore (County) 14016355.49%10201140.39%104054.12%3815215.10%252579
Calvert 378553.18%294341.35%3905.48%84211.83%7118
Caroline 248844.86%283551.12%2234.02%-347-6.26%5546
Carroll 923337.83%1388456.89%12895.28%-4651-19.06%24406
Cecil 801652.18%681544.36%5313.46%12017.82%15362
Charles 810051.30%706744.76%6233.95%10336.54%15790
Dorchester 396848.66%381146.73%3764.61%1571.93%8155
Frederick 1155137.20%1751056.39%19896.41%-5959-19.19%31050
Garrett 221231.00%467465.51%2493.49%-2462-34.51%7135
Harford 2135950.98%1827743.62%22625.40%30827.36%41898
Howard 2116852.63%1634640.64%27046.72%482211.99%40218
Kent 274249.74%257546.71%1963.56%1673.03%5513
Montgomery 13098153.11%9897440.13%166896.77%3200712.98%246644
Prince George's 10573658.14%6733137.02%87984.84%3840521.12%181865
Queen Anne's 311548.62%302947.28%2634.10%861.34%6407
St. Mary's 642955.20%465239.95%5654.85%177715.26%11646
Somerset 295049.85%283247.85%1362.30%1181.99%5918
Talbot 342038.74%488455.33%5235.93%-1464-16.59%8827
Washington 1134733.32%2149763.12%12123.56%-10150-29.80%34056
Wicomico 976751.35%870945.79%5432.86%10585.56%19019
Worcester 341844.04%407352.48%2703.48%-655-8.44%7761
Total77210156.55%53043938.85%627504.60%24166217.70%1365290

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

See also

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References

  1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 19.
  2. "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0179, Page 0626 - Maryland Manual, 1979-80". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 626. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. "1976 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. July 8, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2023.