1992 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1992 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  1986 November 3, 1992 1998  
  BarbaraMikulski (1).jpg Alan Keyes (1).jpg
Nominee Barbara Mikulski Alan Keyes
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,307,610533,688
Percentage71.02%28.98%

1992 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
County results
Mikulski:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Keyes:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results by county:
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Mikulski--50-60%
Mikulski--60-70%
Mikulski--70-80%
Mikulski--80-90% 1992 United States Senate Democratic primary election in Maryland results map by county.svg
Democratic primary results by county:
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  •   Mikulski—50–60%
  •   Mikulski—60–70%
  •   Mikulski—70–80%
  •   Mikulski—80–90%
Democratic primary results [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara Mikulski (incumbent) 376,444 76.75%
Democratic Thomas M. Wheatley31,2146.36%
Democratic Walter Boyd26,4675.40%
Democratic Don Allensworth19,7314.02%
Democratic Scott David Britt13,0012.65%
Democratic James Leonard White12,4702.54%
Democratic B. Emerson Sweatt11,1502.27%
Total votes490,477 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results by county:
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Keyes--20-30%
Keyes--30-40%
Keyes--40-50%
Keyes--50-60%
Keyes--60-70%
Cassilly--60-70% 1992 United States Senate Republican primary election in Maryland results map by county.svg
Republican primary results by county:
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  •   Keyes—20–30%
  •   Keyes—30–40%
  •   Keyes—40–50%
  •   Keyes—50–60%
  •   Keyes—60–70%
  •   Cassilly—60–70%
Republican primary second place results by county:
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Cassilly
Hopkins
Keyes
Klima
Meredith
Pierpont
Sobhani
Songer
Zarwell 1992 United States Senate Republican primary election in Maryland results, second place by county.svg
Republican primary second place results by county:
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  •   Cassilly
  •   Hopkins
  •   Keyes
  •   Klima
  •   Meredith
  •   Pierpont
  •   Sobhani
  •   Songer
  •   Zarwell
Republican primary results [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alan Keyes 95,831 45.94%
Republican Martha Scanlan Klima20,7589.95%
Republican Joseph I. Cassilly16,0917.71%
Republican Ross Z. Pierpont12,6586.07%
Republican S. Rob Sobhani12,4235.96%
Republican John J. Bishop, Jr.9,4514.53%
Republican Eugene R. Zarwell6,5353.13%
Republican James Henry Berry6,2823.01%
Republican Romie Allen Songer6,0302.89%
Republican Joyce Friend-Nalepka5,8352.80%
Republican Edward Robert Shannon4,5782.19%
Republican Scott L. Meredith4,3722.10%
Republican Stuart Hopkins3,7171.78%
Republican Herman J. Hannan2,7711.33%
Republican William H. Krehnbrink1,2580.60%
Total votes208,590 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1992 United States Senate election in Maryland [4] [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Barbara Mikulski (incumbent) 1,307,610 71.02% +10.33%
Republican Alan Keyes 533,68828.98%-10.33%
Total votes1,841,298 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Results by county

CountyBarbara A. Mikulski

Democratic

Alan Keyes

Republican

Write-Ins

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1687264.71%919935.28%10.00%767329.43%26072
Anne Arundel 12129067.01%5951232.88%1950.11%6177834.13%180997
Baltimore (City) 19608686.79%2983413.20%230.01%16625273.58%225943
Baltimore (County) 20816470.92%8537429.08%10.00%12279041.83%293539
Calvert 1198060.62%778139.38%00.00%419921.25%19761
Caroline 462264.61%253135.38%10.01%209129.23%7154
Carroll 3049556.68%2329343.30%110.02%720213.39%53799
Cecil 1474463.77%837436.22%20.01%637027.55%23120
Charles 2005361.71%1243938.28%20.01%761423.43%32494
Dorchester 634669.65%276530.35%00.00%358139.30%9111
Frederick 3678858.53%2605541.45%110.02%1073317.08%62854
Garrett 347340.85%502859.15%00.00%-1555-18.29%8501
Harford 5109664.62%2796635.37%40.01%2313029.25%79066
Howard 6568167.47%3166432.52%90.01%3401734.94%97354
Kent 455072.43%173227.57%00.00%281844.86%6282
Montgomery 24750569.99%10599729.97%1260.04%14150840.02%353628
Prince George's 18012978.92%4809321.07%270.01%13203657.85%228249
Queen Anne's 807964.67%441435.33%00.00%366529.34%12493
St. Mary's 1394364.87%754135.09%90.04%640229.79%21493
Somerset 456569.75%197030.10%100.15%259539.65%6545
Talbot 743765.20%396634.77%40.04%347130.43%11407
Washington 2449961.63%1524038.34%110.03%925923.29%39750
Wicomico 1771367.19%865132.81%00.00%906234.37%26364
Worcester 1150072.93%426927.07%00.00%723145.86%15769
Total130761071.00%53368828.98%4470.02%77392242.02%1841745

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

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