1982 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
Paul S. SarbanesDemocraticLawrence HoganRepublicanMarginTotalVotes

Cast

%%%
Allegany1205653.44%1050346.56%15536.88%22559
Anne Arundel5287554.47%4419945.53%86768.94%97074
Baltimore (City)16031882.98%3288117.02%12743765.96%193199
Baltimore (County)11830559.41%8083440.59%3747118.82%199139
Calvert576861.48%361438.52%215422.96%9382
Caroline304657.66%223742.34%80915.31%5283
Carroll1075243.71%1384456.29%-3092-12.57%24596
Cecil827558.00%599242.00%228316.00%14267
Charles926657.40%687842.60%238814.79%16144
Dorchester454059.15%313640.85%140418.29%7676
Frederick1311547.96%1423052.04%-1115-4.08%27345
Garrett380155.34%306744.66%73410.69%6868
Harford2002452.42%1817547.58%18494.84%38199
Howard2081959.24%1432240.76%649718.49%35141
Kent315359.69%212940.31%102419.39%5282
Montgomery12158963.86%6881836.14%5277127.71%190407
Prince George's9461969.17%4217230.83%5244738.34%136791
Queen Anne's395754.56%329645.44%6619.11%7253
St. Mary's726561.63%452438.37%274123.25%11789
Somerset321856.26%250243.74%71612.52%5720
Talbot412450.06%411449.94%100.12%8238
Washington1312647.18%1469652.82%-1570-5.64%27822
Wicomico924055.15%751544.85%172510.30%16755
Worcester410552.89%365647.11%4495.79%7761
Total70735663.46%40733436.54%30002226.92%1114690

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official General Election Results for United States Senate - November 2, 1982 . Information Division of the Federal Election Commission . 2.