1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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.

1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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NomineePaul SarbanesJ. Glenn Beall Jr.
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Popular vote772,101530,439
Percentage56.55%38.85%

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

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1][2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticPaul Sarbanes 772,101 56.55%
RepublicanJohn Glenn Beall Jr. (incumbent)530,43938.85%
IndependentBruce Bradley62,7504.60%
Majority241,66217.70%
Turnout1,365,290
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

CountyPaul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

J. Glenn Beall

Republican

Bruce Bradley

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany1380246.17%1468049.10%14154.73%-878-2.94%29897
Anne Arundel5443549.72%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
Calvert378553.18%294341.35%3905.48%84211.83%7118
Caroline248844.86%283551.12%2234.02%-347-6.26%5546
Carroll923337.83%1388456.89%12895.28%-4651-19.06%24406
Cecil801652.18%681544.36%5313.46%12017.82%15362
Charles810051.30%706744.76%6233.95%10336.54%15790
Dorchester396848.66%381146.73%3764.61%1571.93%8155
Frederick1155137.20%1751056.39%19896.41%-5959-19.19%31050
Garrett221231.00%467465.51%2493.49%-2462-34.51%7135
Harford2135950.98%1827743.62%22625.40%30827.36%41898
Howard2116852.63%1634640.64%27046.72%482211.99%40218
Kent274249.74%257546.71%1963.56%1673.03%5513
Montgomery13098153.11%9897440.13%166896.77%3200712.98%246644
Prince George's10573658.14%6733137.02%87984.84%3840521.12%181865
Queen Anne's311548.62%302947.28%2634.10%861.34%6407
St. Mary's642955.20%465239.95%5654.85%177715.26%11646
Somerset295049.85%283247.85%1362.30%1181.99%5918
Talbot342038.74%488455.33%5235.93%-1464-16.59%8827
Washington1134733.32%2149763.12%12123.56%-10150-29.80%34056
Wicomico976751.35%870945.79%5432.86%10585.56%19019
Worcester341844.04%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

References