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The 1968 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative Charles Mathias. Mathias may have benefited from the campaign of George P. Mahoney, the 1966 Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, who ran on the George Wallace American Independent ticket and garnered a significant chunk of the vote.
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- Daniel Brewster, incumbent Senator since 1963
- Wayne Gilchrist Finch, Baltimore patent lawyer
- Richard R. Howes
- Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Timonium surgeon
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Daniel Brewster (inc.) | 150,481 | 67.45% | |
Democratic | Ross Zimmerman Pierpont | 38,555 | 17.28% | |
Democratic | Walter Gilchrist Finch | 19,829 | 8.89% | |
Democratic | Richard R. Howes | 14,224 | 6.38% | |
Total votes | 223,089 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Charles Mathias, U.S. Representative from Frederick
- Harry L. Simms, candidate for Senate in 1962
- Paul F. Wattay
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles Mathias | 66,777 | 79.98% | |
Republican | Harry L. Simms | 11,927 | 14.29% | |
Republican | Paul F. Wattay | 4,790 | 5.74% | |
Total votes | 83,494 | 100.00% |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles Mathias | 541,893 | 47.79% | |||
Democratic | Daniel Brewster (inc.) | 443,667 | 39.12% | |||
American Independent | George P. Mahoney | 148,467 | 13.09% | |||
Total votes | 1,134,027 | 100.00% | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Results by county
County | Charlies Mathias
Republican |
Daniel Brewster
Democratic |
George P. Mahoney
American Independent |
Margin | Total
Votes Cast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 16390 | 52.83% | 10963 | 35.34% | 3672 | 11.84% | 5427 | 17.49% | 31025 |
Anne Arundel | 34979 | 48.66% | 24719 | 34.39% | 12188 | 16.95% | 10260 | 14.27% | 71886 |
Baltimore (City) | 86126 | 32.74% | 139890 | 53.18% | 37036 | 14.08% | -53764 | -20.44% | 263052 |
Baltimore (County) | 106668 | 50.72% | 69966 | 33.27% | 33691 | 16.02% | 36702 | 17.45% | 210325 |
Calvert | 1844 | 37.19% | 1716 | 34.61% | 1398 | 28.20% | 128 | 2.58% | 4958 |
Caroline | 2616 | 48.72% | 1769 | 32.95% | 984 | 18.33% | 847 | 15.78% | 5369 |
Carroll | 10906 | 59.07% | 4694 | 25.42% | 2863 | 15.51% | 6212 | 33.65% | 18463 |
Cecil | 6466 | 49.23% | 4926 | 37.51% | 1742 | 13.26% | 1540 | 11.73% | 13134 |
Charles | 3992 | 37.01% | 4161 | 38.58% | 2633 | 24.41% | -169 | -1.57% | 10786 |
Dorchester | 3486 | 39.79% | 2992 | 34.15% | 2283 | 26.06% | 494 | 5.64% | 8761 |
Frederick | 17688 | 66.78% | 6863 | 25.91% | 1934 | 7.30% | 10825 | 40.87% | 26485 |
Garrett | 4086 | 64.57% | 1478 | 23.36% | 764 | 12.07% | 2608 | 41.21% | 6328 |
Harford | 16046 | 53.55% | 10042 | 33.51% | 3876 | 12.94% | 6004 | 20.04% | 29964 |
Howard | 9621 | 57.54% | 4661 | 27.88% | 2438 | 14.58% | 4960 | 29.67% | 16720 |
Kent | 2611 | 46.92% | 2066 | 37.12% | 888 | 15.96% | 545 | 9.79% | 5565 |
Montgomery | 106466 | 59.34% | 62484 | 34.82% | 10476 | 5.84% | 43982 | 24.51% | 179426 |
Prince George's | 76073 | 47.93% | 64636 | 40.72% | 18018 | 11.35% | 11437 | 7.21% | 158727 |
Queen Anne's | 2426 | 45.69% | 1944 | 36.61% | 940 | 17.70% | 482 | 9.08% | 5310 |
St. Mary's | 2692 | 32.92% | 3393 | 41.49% | 2092 | 25.58% | -701 | -8.57% | 8177 |
Somerset | 2660 | 45.18% | 1996 | 33.91% | 1231 | 20.91% | 664 | 11.28% | 5887 |
Talbot | 4368 | 57.44% | 2261 | 29.73% | 976 | 12.83% | 2107 | 27.71% | 7605 |
Washington | 18714 | 59.11% | 9669 | 30.54% | 3277 | 10.35% | 9045 | 28.57% | 31660 |
Wicomico | 7698 | 46.09% | 6667 | 39.92% | 2337 | 13.99% | 1031 | 6.17% | 16702 |
Worcester | 3128 | 52.51% | 1886 | 31.66% | 943 | 15.83% | 1242 | 20.85% | 5957 |
Total | 547750 | 47.95% | 445842 | 39.03% | 148680 | 13.02% | 101908 | 8.92% | 1142272 |
Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican
- Anne Arundel
- Baltimore (County)
- Calvert
- Carroll
- Cecil
- Dorchester
- Frederick
- Harford
- Howard
- Kent
- Montgomery
- Prince George's
- Queen Anne's
- Somerset
- Washington
- Worcester
See also
References
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0489 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 478. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0489 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 489. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0174, Page 0474 - Maryland Manual, 1969-70". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 474. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "1968 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. December 31, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2023.