1988 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

Election Name:1988 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1982 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:1982
Next Election:1994 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:1994
Election Date:November 8, 1988
Image1:File:Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg
Nominee1:Paul Sarbanes
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:999,166
Percentage1:61.79%
Nominee2:Alan Keyes
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:617,537
Percentage2:38.19%
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 1988 United States Senate Election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes was reelected to a third term in a landslide. As in 1982, Sarbanes won strongly Republican Garrett County, which has never supported a Democratic presidential candidate and has not voted Democratic in a Senate election since this election. This is the last time that Maryland voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
Paul S. SarbanesDemocraticAlan KeyesRepublicanRashaad AliIndependentImad A. AhmadIndependentMarginTotalVotes

Cast

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Allegany1499159.38%1025440.62%00.00%00.00%473718.76%25245
Anne Arundel7764754.41%6505345.58%20.00%70.00%125948.82%142709
Baltimore (City)17505979.82%4423120.17%60.00%220.01%13082859.65%219318
Baltimore (County)15770158.63%11125141.36%10.00%150.01%4645017.27%268968
Calvert791550.08%789049.92%00.00%00.00%250.16%15805
Caroline354355.50%284144.50%00.00%00.00%70211.00%6384
Carroll1930546.12%2255153.87%10.00%30.01%-3246-7.75%41860
Cecil1060756.92%802243.05%00.00%70.04%258513.87%18636
Charles1623856.35%1258043.65%00.00%00.00%365812.69%28818
Dorchester497956.20%388143.80%00.00%00.00%109812.39%8860
Frederick2399749.55%2442350.43%00.00%100.02%-426-0.88%48430
Garrett388251.41%366948.59%00.00%00.00%2132.82%7551
Harford3319254.25%2799245.75%00.00%40.01%52008.50%61188
Howard4352154.30%3660245.67%20.00%180.0269198.63%80143
Kent348859.76%234940.24%00.00%00.00%113919.51%5837
Montgomery19848462.45%11915537.49%00.00%2060.06%7932924.96%317845
Prince George's14348569.65%6247630.33%10.00%560.03%8100939.32%206018
Queen Anne's563653.01%499646.99%00.00%00.00%6406.02%10632
St. Mary's1047858.98%728541.01%00.00%10.01%319317.97%17764
Somerset320052.08%294447.92%00.00%00.00%2564.17%6144
Talbot552350.40%543549.60%00.00%00.00%880.80%10958
Washington1751349.77%1767450.23%00.00%00.00%-161-0.46%35187
Wicomico1246852.22%1140647.78%00.00%00.00%10624.45%23874
Worcester631453.10%557746.90%00.00%00.00%7376.20%11891
Total99916661.67%62053738.30%130.00%3490.02%37862923.37%1620065

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