| Election Name: | 1982 United States Senate election in Maryland |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1976 United States Senate election in Maryland |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States Senate election in Maryland |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1982 |
| Image1: | Sen Paul Sarbanes.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Paul Sarbanes |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 707,356 |
| Percentage1: | 63.46% |
| Nominee2: | Lawrence Hogan |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 407,334 |
| Percentage2: | 36.54% |
| Map Size: | 295px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Paul Sarbanes |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Paul Sarbanes |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1982 Senate election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1982, simultaneously with other elections for seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to gubernatorial openings. Incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes won reelection to a second term in office. He defeated the Republican nominee, former Representative from Maryland's 5th district and Prince George's County Executive Lawrence Hogan.
Sarbanes carried Garrett County, the state's westernmost county and one which is so strongly Republican that it has never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of . Sarbanes would repeat this feat six years later in 1988, but no Democrat has won Garrett County in a Senate election since then.[1]
Forty-two years later, Hogan's son Larry Hogan became the Republican nominee for the same seat.
| Paul S. SarbanesDemocratic | Lawrence HoganRepublican | Margin | TotalVotes Cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||
| Allegany | 12056 | 53.44% | 10503 | 46.56% | 1553 | 6.88% | 22559 | ||
| Anne Arundel | 52875 | 54.47% | 44199 | 45.53% | 8676 | 8.94% | 97074 | ||
| Baltimore (City) | 160318 | 82.98% | 32881 | 17.02% | 127437 | 65.96% | 193199 | ||
| Baltimore (County) | 118305 | 59.41% | 80834 | 40.59% | 37471 | 18.82% | 199139 | ||
| Calvert | 5768 | 61.48% | 3614 | 38.52% | 2154 | 22.96% | 9382 | ||
| Caroline | 3046 | 57.66% | 2237 | 42.34% | 809 | 15.31% | 5283 | ||
| Carroll | 10752 | 43.71% | 13844 | 56.29% | -3092 | -12.57% | 24596 | ||
| Cecil | 8275 | 58.00% | 5992 | 42.00% | 2283 | 16.00% | 14267 | ||
| Charles | 9266 | 57.40% | 6878 | 42.60% | 2388 | 14.79% | 16144 | ||
| Dorchester | 4540 | 59.15% | 3136 | 40.85% | 1404 | 18.29% | 7676 | ||
| Frederick | 13115 | 47.96% | 14230 | 52.04% | -1115 | -4.08% | 27345 | ||
| Garrett | 3801 | 55.34% | 3067 | 44.66% | 734 | 10.69% | 6868 | ||
| Harford | 20024 | 52.42% | 18175 | 47.58% | 1849 | 4.84% | 38199 | ||
| Howard | 20819 | 59.24% | 14322 | 40.76% | 6497 | 18.49% | 35141 | ||
| Kent | 3153 | 59.69% | 2129 | 40.31% | 1024 | 19.39% | 5282 | ||
| Montgomery | 121589 | 63.86% | 68818 | 36.14% | 52771 | 27.71% | 190407 | ||
| Prince George's | 94619 | 69.17% | 42172 | 30.83% | 52447 | 38.34% | 136791 | ||
| Queen Anne's | 3957 | 54.56% | 3296 | 45.44% | 661 | 9.11% | 7253 | ||
| St. Mary's | 7265 | 61.63% | 4524 | 38.37% | 2741 | 23.25% | 11789 | ||
| Somerset | 3218 | 56.26% | 2502 | 43.74% | 716 | 12.52% | 5720 | ||
| Talbot | 4124 | 50.06% | 4114 | 49.94% | 10 | 0.12% | 8238 | ||
| Washington | 13126 | 47.18% | 14696 | 52.82% | -1570 | -5.64% | 27822 | ||
| Wicomico | 9240 | 55.15% | 7515 | 44.85% | 1725 | 10.30% | 16755 | ||
| Worcester | 4105 | 52.89% | 3656 | 47.11% | 449 | 5.79% | 7761 | ||
| Total | 707356 | 63.46% | 407334 | 36.54% | 300022 | 26.92% | 1114690 | ||