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. This is the last time a Senator from Maryland lost re-election.

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

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

Results

Results by county

+ County Sarbanes Beall Jr. Bruce Bradley Margin Total Votes#%#%#%#% 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 2,212 31.00% 4,674 65.51% 249 3.49% -2,462 -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 772,101 56.55% 530,439 38.85% 62,750 4.60% 241,662 17.70% 1,365,290

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anne Arundel Baltimore (County) Calvert Cecil Charles Dorchester Harford Howard Kent Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Wicomico

See also 1976 United States Senate elections 1976 United States elections

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