1958 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

Election Name:1958 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1952 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:1952
Next Election:1964 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:1964
Election Date:November 4, 1958
Image1:Jamesglennbeall.jpg
Nominee1:James Glenn Beall
Party1:Republican Party (US)
Popular Vote1:544,354
Percentage1:51.18%
Nominee2:Thomas D'Alesandro
Party2:Democratic Party (US)
Popular Vote2:452,938
Percentage2:48.82%
Map Size:275px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:James Glenn Beall
Before Party:Republican Party (US)
After Election:James Glenn Beall
After Party:Republican Party (US)

The 1958 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1958.

Senator James Glenn Beall narrowly defeated Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro for re-election to a second term. Beall's victory came despite a national landslide for Senate Democrats.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
J. Glenn BeallRepublicanThomas D'AlesandroDemocraticMarginTotalVotes

Cast

%%%
Allegany1514462.60%904737.40%609725.20%24191
Anne Arundel2142557.31%1596242.69%546314.61%37387
Baltimore (City)27217754.58%22646945.42%457089.17%498646
Baltimore (County)7251457.35%5393642.65%1857814.69%126450
Calvert205348.49%218151.51%-128-3.02%4234
Caroline282153.42%246046.58%3616.84%5281
Carroll825965.70%431234.30%394731.40%12571
Cecil479150.22%474949.78%420.44%9540
Charles418051.32%396548.68%2152.64%8145
Dorchester355644.47%444055.53%-884-11.06%7996
Frederick1123364.61%615335.39%508029.22%17386
Garrett373166.53%187733.47%185433.06%5608
Harford811557.54%598842.46%212715.08%14103
Howard540260.03%359739.97%180520.06%8999
Kent283053.76%243446.24%3967.52%5264
Montgomery4384053.62%3791346.38%59277.25%81753
Prince George's2668842.35%3632457.65%-9636-15.29%63012
Queen Anne's210945.12%256554.88%-456-9.76%4674
St. Mary's272241.49%383858.51%-1116-17.01%6560
Somerset322847.28%360052.72%-372-5.45%6828
Talbot406161.02%259438.98%146722.04%6655
Washington1528858.79%1071841.21%457017.57%26006
Wicomico568252.46%514947.54%5334.92%10831
Worcester250548.43%266751.57%-162-3.13%5172
Total54435454.58%45293845.42%914169.17%997292

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

See also