1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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.

1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Paul Sarbanes J. Glenn Beall Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 772,101 530,439
Percentage 56.55% 38.85%

County results
Sarbanes:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Beall:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

John Glenn Beall Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

Major candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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Results

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General election results[1][2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Sarbanes 772,101 56.55%
Republican John Glenn Beall Jr. (incumbent) 530,439 38.85%
Independent Bruce Bradley 62,750 4.60%
Majority 241,662 17.70%
Turnout 1,365,290
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

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County Paul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

J. Glenn Beall

Republican

Bruce Bradley

Independent

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 13802 46.17% 14680 49.10% 1415 4.73% -878 -2.94% 29897
Anne Arundel 54435 49.72% 49655 45.35% 5403 4.93% 4780 4.37% 109493
Baltimore (City) 191916 77.08% 51375 20.63% 5696 2.29% 140541 56.45% 248987
Baltimore (County) 140163 55.49% 102011 40.39% 10405 4.12% 38152 15.10% 252579
Calvert 3785 53.18% 2943 41.35% 390 5.48% 842 11.83% 7118
Caroline 2488 44.86% 2835 51.12% 223 4.02% -347 -6.26% 5546
Carroll 9233 37.83% 13884 56.89% 1289 5.28% -4651 -19.06% 24406
Cecil 8016 52.18% 6815 44.36% 531 3.46% 1201 7.82% 15362
Charles 8100 51.30% 7067 44.76% 623 3.95% 1033 6.54% 15790
Dorchester 3968 48.66% 3811 46.73% 376 4.61% 157 1.93% 8155
Frederick 11551 37.20% 17510 56.39% 1989 6.41% -5959 -19.19% 31050
Garrett 2212 31.00% 4674 65.51% 249 3.49% -2462 -34.51% 7135
Harford 21359 50.98% 18277 43.62% 2262 5.40% 3082 7.36% 41898
Howard 21168 52.63% 16346 40.64% 2704 6.72% 4822 11.99% 40218
Kent 2742 49.74% 2575 46.71% 196 3.56% 167 3.03% 5513
Montgomery 130981 53.11% 98974 40.13% 16689 6.77% 32007 12.98% 246644
Prince George's 105736 58.14% 67331 37.02% 8798 4.84% 38405 21.12% 181865
Queen Anne's 3115 48.62% 3029 47.28% 263 4.10% 86 1.34% 6407
St. Mary's 6429 55.20% 4652 39.95% 565 4.85% 1777 15.26% 11646
Somerset 2950 49.85% 2832 47.85% 136 2.30% 118 1.99% 5918
Talbot 3420 38.74% 4884 55.33% 523 5.93% -1464 -16.59% 8827
Washington 11347 33.32% 21497 63.12% 1212 3.56% -10150 -29.80% 34056
Wicomico 9767 51.35% 8709 45.79% 543 2.86% 1058 5.56% 19019
Worcester 3418 44.04% 4073 52.48% 270 3.48% -655 -8.44% 7761
Total 772101 56.55% 530439 38.85% 62750 4.60% 241662 17.70% 1365290

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0179, Page 0626 - Maryland Manual, 1979-80". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 626. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "1976 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. July 8, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2023.