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(Top) 1 Democratic primary 1.1 Candidates 1.2 Results 2 Republican primary 2.1 Candidates 2.2 Results 3 General election 3.1 Results 3.2 Results by county 3.2.1 Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican 4 See also 5 References

1944 United States Senate election in Maryland

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November 7, 1944

1950 →


Nominee	Millard Tydings	Blanchard Randall
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	344,725	213,705
Percentage	61.73%	38.27%

County results
Randall: 50–60% 60–70%
Tydings: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

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Millard Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Millard Tydings
Democratic

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The 1944 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Republican Blanchard Randall Jr.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Charles Baden
Willis R. Jones
Vincent F. Long
Stephen Peddicord, candidate for governor in 1942
Millard Tydings, incumbent senator since 1927

Results

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1944 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	82,304	78.67%
	Democratic	Willis R. Jones	16,921	16.17%
	Democratic	Charles Baden	2,633	2.52%
	Democratic	Stephen Peddicord	1,519	1.45%
	Democratic	Vincent F. Long	1,245	1.19%
Total votes			260,310	100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Rives Matthews
Blanchard Randall Jr., philanthropist^[3]
Paul Robertson

Results

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1944 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blanchard Randall Jr.	13,573	49.91%
	Republican	Paul Robertson	9,711	35.71%
	Republican	Rives Matthews	3,909	14.38%
Total votes			27,193	100.00%

General election

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Results

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1944 U.S. Senate election in Maryland^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	344,725	61.73%
	Republican	Blanchard Randall Jr.	213,705	38.27%
Total votes			558,430	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Results by county

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County	Millard E. Tydings Democratic		Blanchard Randall Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast
Allegany	14487	49.74%	14636	50.26%	-149	-0.51%	29123
Anne Arundel	12292	61.03%	7850	38.97%	4442	22.05%	20142
Baltimore (City)	156004	64.94%	84206	35.06%	71798	29.89%	240210
Baltimore (County)	35314	60.68%	22883	39.32%	12431	21.36%	58197
Calvert	1911	53.71%	1647	46.29%	264	7.42%	3558
Caroline	3093	59.86%	2074	40.14%	1019	19.72%	5167
Carroll	5942	46.07%	6955	53.93%	-1013	-7.85%	12897
Cecil	5651	70.13%	2407	29.87%	3244	40.26%	8058
Charles	2368	54.76%	1956	45.24%	412	9.53%	4324
Dorchester	5428	64.13%	3036	35.87%	2392	28.26%	8464
Frederick	10227	53.37%	8937	46.63%	1290	6.73%	19164
Garrett	2211	38.82%	3484	61.18%	-1273	-22.35%	5695
Harford	7529	66.78%	3746	33.22%	3783	33.55%	11275
Howard	3909	62.13%	2383	37.87%	1526	24.25%	6292
Kent	3047	65.82%	1582	34.18%	1465	31.65%	4629
Montgomery	21572	62.51%	12938	37.49%	8634	25.02%	34510
Prince George's	18468	69.09%	8263	30.91%	10205	38.18%	26731
Queen Anne's	3516	70.29%	1486	29.71%	2030	40.58%	5002
St. Mary's	2553	61.25%	1615	38.75%	938	22.50%	4168
Somerset	3541	54.54%	2951	45.46%	590	9.09%	6492
Talbot	3871	61.07%	2468	38.93%	1403	22.13%	6339
Washington	11851	52.97%	10523	47.03%	1328	5.94%	22374
Wicomico	3460	64.77%	1882	35.23%	1578	29.54%	5342
Worcester	6480	63.05%	3797	36.95%	2683	26.11%	10277
Total	344725	61.73%	213705	38.27%	131020	23.46%	558430

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

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References

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^ ^a ^b "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0161, Page 0206 - Maryland Manual, 1945-46". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 206. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 01, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

^ "Blanchard Randall , MSA SC 3520-13452".

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 01, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0161, Page 0196 - Maryland Manual, 1945-46". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 196. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "1944 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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