1992 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:	Maryland
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1986 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:	1986
Next Election:	1998 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:	1998
Election Date:	November 3, 1992
Image1:	File:BarbaraMikulski (1).jpg
Nominee1:	Barbara Mikulski
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	1,307,610
Percentage1:	71.02%
Nominee2:	Alan Keyes
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	533,688
Percentage2:	28.98%
Map Size:	295px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:	Barbara Mikulski
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Barbara Mikulski
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1992 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Thomas M. Wheatley
• Walter Boyd
• Don Allensworth
• Scott David Britt
• James Leonard White
• Emerson Sweatt

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• James H. Berry
• John J. Bishop, Jr., Maryland State Senator
• Joseph I. Cassilly, Harford County State's Attorney
• Herman J. Hannan
• Stuart Hopkins
• Joyce Friend-Nalepka
• Alan Keyes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs and nominee in 1988
• Martha Scanlan Klima, Maryland State Delegate
• Scott L. Meredith
• Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, perennial candidate
• Edward R. Shannon
• S. Rob Sobhani, aide to Congresswoman Connie Morella
• Romie A. Songer
• Gene Zarwell, retired U.S. Army Colonel

Results

General election

Candidates

• Alan Keyes (R), former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Barbara Mikulski (D), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results by county

County! colspan="2"

Barbara A. MikulskiDemocratic	Alan KeyesRepublican		Write-InsIndependent		Margin		TotalVotes Cast
			%					%				%		%
	Allegany	16872	64.71%	9199	35.28%	1	0.00%	7673	29.43%	26072
	Anne Arundel	121290	67.01%	59512	32.88%	195	0.11%	61778	34.13%	180997
	Baltimore (City)	196086	86.79%	29834	13.20%	23	0.01%	166252	73.58%	225943
	Baltimore (County)	208164	70.92%	85374	29.08%	1	0.00%	122790	41.83%	293539
	Calvert	11980	60.62%	7781	39.38%	0	0.00%	4199	21.25%	19761
	Caroline	4622	64.61%	2531	35.38%	1	0.01%	2091	29.23%	7154
	Carroll	30495	56.68%	23293	43.30%	11	0.02%	7202	13.39%	53799
	Cecil	14744	63.77%	8374	36.22%	2	0.01%	6370	27.55%	23120
	Charles	20053	61.71%	12439	38.28%	2	0.01%	7614	23.43%	32494
	Dorchester	6346	69.65%	2765	30.35%	0	0.00%	3581	39.30%	9111
	Frederick	36788	58.53%	26055	41.45%	11	0.02%	10733	17.08%	62854
	Garrett	3473	40.85%	5028	59.15%	0	0.00%	-1555	-18.29%	8501
	Harford	51096	64.62%	27966	35.37%	4	0.01%	23130	29.25%	79066
	Howard	65681	67.47%	31664	32.52%	9	0.01%	34017	34.94%	97354
	Kent	4550	72.43%	1732	27.57%	0	0.00%	2818	44.86%	6282
	Montgomery	247505	69.99%	105997	29.97%	126	0.04%	141508	40.02%	353628
	Prince George's	180129	78.92%	48093	21.07%	27	0.01%	132036	57.85%	228249
	Queen Anne's	8079	64.67%	4414	35.33%	0	0.00%	3665	29.34%	12493
	St. Mary's	13943	64.87%	7541	35.09%	9	0.04%	6402	29.79%	21493
	Somerset	4565	69.75%	1970	30.10%	10	0.15%	2595	39.65%	6545
	Talbot	7437	65.20%	3966	34.77%	4	0.04%	3471	30.43%	11407
	Washington	24499	61.63%	15240	38.34%	11	0.03%	9259	23.29%	39750
	Wicomico	17713	67.19%	8651	32.81%	0	0.00%	9062	34.37%	26364
	Worcester	11500	72.93%	4269	27.07%	0	0.00%	7231	45.86%	15769
Total	1307610	71.00%	533688	28.98%	447	0.02%	773922	42.02%	1841745

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

• Allegany
• Caroline
• Carroll
• Cecil
• Dorchester
• Frederick
• Queen Anne's
• Somerset
• Talbot
• Washington
• Wicomico
• Worcester

See also

• 1992 United States Senate elections
• 1992 United States elections