1976 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

Election Name:1976 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1970 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:1970
Next Election:1982 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:1982
Election Date:November 2, 1976
Image1:Sen Paul Sarbanes.jpg
Nominee1:Paul Sarbanes
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:772,101
Percentage1:56.55%
Nominee2:J. Glenn Beall Jr.
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:530,439
Percentage2:38.85%
Map Size:295px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:John Glenn Beall Jr.
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Paul Sarbanes
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
Paul S. SarbanesDemocraticJ. Glenn BeallRepublicanBruce BradleyIndependentMarginTotalVotes

Cast

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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