1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1988 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  1982 November 8, 1988 1994  
  Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg Alan Keyes (1).jpg
Nominee Paul Sarbanes Alan Keyes
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote999,166617,537
Percentage61.79%38.19%

Maryland Senate Election Results by County, 1988.svg
County results
Sarbanes:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Keyes:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

The 1988 United States Senate Election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes was reelected to a third term in a landslide. As in 1982, Sarbanes won strongly Republican Garrett County, which has never supported a Democratic presidential candidate and has not voted Democratic in a Senate election since this election. This is the last time that Maryland voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results [1] [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paul Sarbanes (incumbent) 999,166 61.79%
Republican Alan Keyes 617,53738.19%
Independent Imad A. Ahmad (Write-in)3490.02%
Independent Rashaad Ali (Write-in)130.00%
Total votes1,617,065 100.0%
Democratic hold

Results by county

CountyPaul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

Alan Keyes

Republican

Rashaad Ali

Independent

Imad A. Ahmad

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1499159.38%1025440.62%00.00%00.00%473718.76%25245
Anne Arundel 7764754.41%6505345.58%20.00%70.00%125948.82%142709
Baltimore (City) 17505979.82%4423120.17%60.00%220.01%13082859.65%219318
Baltimore (County) 15770158.63%11125141.36%10.00%150.01%4645017.27%268968
Calvert 791550.08%789049.92%00.00%00.00%250.16%15805
Caroline 354355.50%284144.50%00.00%00.00%70211.00%6384
Carroll 1930546.12%2255153.87%10.00%30.01%-3246-7.75%41860
Cecil 1060756.92%802243.05%00.00%70.04%


258513.87%18636
Charles 1623856.35%1258043.65%00.00%00.00%365812.69%28818
Dorchester 497956.20%388143.80%00.00%00.00%109812.39%8860
Frederick 2399749.55%2442350.43%00.00%100.02%-426-0.88%48430
Garrett 388251.41%366948.59%00.00%00.00%2132.82%7551
Harford 3319254.25%2799245.75%00.00%40.01%52008.50%61188
Howard 4352154.30%3660245.67%20.00%180.0269198.63%80143
Kent 348859.76%234940.24%00.00%00.00%113919.51%5837
Montgomery 19848462.45%11915537.49%00.00%2060.06%7932924.96%317845
Prince George's 14348569.65%6247630.33%10.00%560.03%8100939.32%206018
Queen Anne's 563653.01%499646.99%00.00%00.00%6406.02%10632
St. Mary's 1047858.98%728541.01%00.00%10.01%319317.97%17764
Somerset 320052.08%294447.92%00.00%00.00%2564.17%6144
Talbot 552350.40%543549.60%00.00%00.00%880.80%10958
Washington 1751349.77%1767450.23%00.00%00.00%-161-0.46%35187
Wicomico 1246852.22%1140647.78%00.00%00.00%10624.45%23874
Worcester 631453.10%557746.90%00.00%00.00%7376.20%11891
Total99916661.67%62053738.30%130.00%3490.02%37862923.37%1620065

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References

  1. "Maryland State Board of Elections". Elections.state.md.us. July 24, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  2. "1988 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

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