The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.

Incumbent Democratic Senator George L. P. Radcliffe was re-elected to a second term in office, fending off an intra-party challenge from businessman Howard Bruce and easily winning the general election over Republican ex-Governor Harry Nice. This was, since the start of direct popular election of senators, the first election for the Class 1 Senate seat in Maryland when an incumbent senator was re-elected.

Democratic primary Candidates Howard Bruce, Baltimore County industrialist Vincent L. Gierttoski George L. P. Radcliffe, incumbent Senator since 1935

Results

Republican primary Candidates William Frederick Broening, former Mayor of Baltimore, 1919–1923 and 1927–1931 Harry Nice, former Governor of Maryland, 1935–1939

Results

General election Results

Results by county

+CountyGeorge L. P. Radcliffe DemocraticHarry Nice RepublicanEdwin B. Abbott SocialistDavid L. Elliott IndependentOthers OthersMarginTotal votes

cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Allegany 17122 53.94% 14250 44.89% 99 0.31% 64 0.20% 208 0.66% -2872 -9.05% 31743 Anne Arundel 14154 65.80% 7132 33.15% 40 0.19% 103 0.48% 83 0.39% 7022 32.64% 21512 Baltimore (City) 195025 69.03% 81165 28.73% 3158 1.12% 1699 0.60% 1495 0.53% 113860 40.30% 282542 Baltimore (County) 37787 68.63% 16247 29.51% 236 0.43% 595 0.43% 195 0.35% 21540 39.12% 55060 Calvert 2133 52.73% 1867 46.16% 8 0.20% 16 0.40% 21 0.52% -266 -6.58% 4045 Caroline 3544 58.72% 2431 40.28% 12 0.20% 16 0.27% 32 0.53% 1113 18.44% 6035 Carroll 6835 50.83% 6471 48.12% 21 0.16% 76 0.57% 45 0.33% 364 2.71% 13448 Cecil 3170 35.80% 5553 62.71% 24 0.27% 56 0.63% 52 0.59% -2383 -26.91% 8855 Charles 2472 49.08% 2482 49.28% 22 0.44% 19 0.38% 42 0.83% -10 -0.20% 5037 Dorchester 5979 62.78% 3416 35.87% 21 0.22% 45 0.47% 62 0.65% -2563 -26.91% 9523 Frederick 12451 59.50% 8190 39.14% 37 0.18% 117 0.56% 131 0.63% 4261 20.36% 20926 Garrett 2746 40.63% 3916 57.95% 31 0.46% 21 0.31% 44 0.65% -1170 -17.31% 6758 Harford 6616 58.57% 4539 40.18% 26 0.23% 54 0.48% 61 0.54% 2077 18.39% 11296 Howard 4464 65.79% 2252 33.19% 9 0.13% 30 0.44% 30 0.44% 2212 32.60% 6785 Kent 3395 61.94% 2035 37.13% 2 0.04% 25 0.46% 24 0.44% 1360 24.81% 5481 Montgomery 17834 61.98% 10389 36.11% 292 1.01% 122 0.42% 135 0.47% 7445 25.88% 28772 Prince George's 16731 67.07% 7927 31.78% 52 0.21% 106 0.42% 130 0.52% 8804 35.29% 24946 Queen Anne's 3791 64.80% 1979 33.83% 11 0.19% 24 0.41% 45 0.77% 1812 30.97% 5850 St. Mary's 2620 58.30% 1806 40.19% 11 0.24% 20 0.45% 37 0.82% -814 -18.11% 4494 Somerset 3756 49.14% 3768 49.29% 15 0.20% 28 0.37% 77 1.01% 12 0.16% 7644 Talbot 4225 54.45% 3451 44.48% 7 0.09% 22 0.28% 54 0.70% 774 9.98% 7759 Washington 14311 60.35% 9184 38.73% 38 0.16% 97 0.41% 85 0.36% 5127 21.62% 23715 Wicomico 7050 65.64% 3590 33.43% 14 0.13% 35 0.33% 51 0.47% 3460 32.22% 10740 Worcester 3635 60.77% 2238 37.41% 18 0.30% 33 0.55% 58 0.97% 1397 23.35% 5982 Total 385343 63.28% 212781 34.94% 4204 0.69% 3423 0.56% 3197 0.53% 172562 28.34% 608948

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Dorchester St. Mary's

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Allegany Calvert Carroll Washington

See also 1940 United States Senate elections 1940 United States elections

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