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(Top) 1 Major candidates 1.1 Democratic 1.2 Republican 2 Results 2.1 Results by county 2.1.1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat 3 See also 4 References

1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

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November 2, 1976

1982 →


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

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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.

Major candidates[edit]

Democratic[edit]

Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Representative since 1971
Joseph Tydings, former Senator

Republican[edit]

John Glenn Beall Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971

Results[edit]

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[edit]


County	Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic		J. Glenn Beall Republican		Bruce Bradley Independent		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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 Democrat[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 19.

^ "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.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.

^ "1976 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. July 8, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2023.

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