The Maryland county executive elections of 1974 took place on November 5, 1974. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County elected county executives.
Anne Arundel County Republican primary Candidates Nominee Robert A. Pascal, state senator
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee John H. Downs, county councilmember
Eliminated in primary Richard N. Hambleton, attorney and perennial candidate
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Baltimore County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Ted Venetoulis, political strategist and author
Eliminated in primary Louis Ambrosetti, business owner Francis C. Barrett, county councilmember Frederick L. Dewberry, incumbent county executive William F. Harrison, insurance executive George P. Mahoney, perennial candidate and nominee for governor in 1966 Joseph J. Weir, beauty parlor operator
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Jervis S. Finney, state senator
Eliminated in primary Joseph U. Kauffman Jr.
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Harford County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Charles Anderson, incumbent county executive
Eliminated in primary Monroe Duke, management expert
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee John H. O'Neill, president of the Harford County Council
Eliminated in primary Michael C. Johns, pharmaceutical salesman
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Howard County Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Edward L. Cochran, county councilmember
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Howard G. Crist, businessman
Eliminated in primary Georgia L. Baublitz, member of the Howard County personnel board Herschell C. Doss, perennial candidate Robert E. Watson, newspaper editor
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Montgomery County Republican primary Candidates Nominee James P. Gleason, incumbent county executive
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Idamae Garrott, county councilmember
Eliminated in primary John P. Hewitt, executive director of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission William E. Sher, county councilmember
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Prince George's County Republican primary Candidates Nominee William W. Gullett, incumbent county executive
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Winfield M. Kelly Jr., county councilmember
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General election Results
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