1980 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

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Election Name:1980 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1974 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:1974
Next Election:1986 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:1986
Election Date:November 4, 1980
Image1:File:Charlesmathiasjr (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Charles Mathias
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:850,970
Percentage1:66.17%
Nominee2:Edward T. Conroy
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:435,118
Percentage2:33.83%
Map Size:295px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Charles Mathias
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Charles Mathias
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1980 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1980.

Incumbent Republican U.S Senator Charles Mathias won re-election to a third term in a landslide, defeating Democratic State Senator Edward T. Conroy.

As of, this is the last time a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Maryland. It is also the last time a Republican won Prince George's County and Baltimore City in a statewide election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
Charlies MathiasRepublicanEdward T. ConroyDemocraticMarginTotalVotes

Cast

%%%
Allegany18,70073.25%6,82926.75%11,87146.50%25,529
Anne Arundel76,35269.80%33,02830.20%43,32439.61%109,380
Baltimore (City)108,05156.50%83,17643.50%24,87513.01%191,227
Baltimore (County)151,08765.75%78,69434.25%72,39331.51%229,781
Calvert5,77465.10%3,09634.90%2,67830.19%8,870
Caroline3,58669.54%1,57130.46%2,01539.07%5,157
Carroll16,62361.78%10,28538.22%6,33823.55%26,908
Cecil9,50765.08%5,10134.92%4,40630.16%14,608
Charles11,30863.32%6,55136.68%4,75726.64%17,859
Dorchester5,46368.43%2,52031.57%2,94336.87%7,983
Frederick26,23076.31%8,14323.69%18,08752.62%34,373
Garrett5,13676.15%1,60923.85%3,52752.29%6,745
Harford32,80572.31%12,56227.69%20,24344.62%45,367
Howard31,74072.61%11,97027.39%19,77045.23%43,710
Kent3,33170.13%1,41929.87%1,91240.25%4,750
Montgomery196,81776.49%60,50623.51%136,31152.97%257,323
Prince George's87,31152.33%79,53247.67%7,7794.66%166,843
Queen Anne's4,73068.64%2,16131.36%2,56937.28%6,891
St. Mary's7,60262.55%4,55137.45%3,05125.10%12,153
Somerset2,98665.38%1,58134.62%1,40530.76%4,567
Talbot6,43977.10%1,91222.90%4,52754.21%8,351
Washington22,46068.73%10,22031.27%12,24037.45%32,680
Wicomico11,67567.34%5,66332.66%6,01234.68%17,338
Worcester5,25768.32%2,43831.68%2,81936.63%7,695
Total85097066.17%435,11833.83%415,85232.33%1,286,088

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

See also