1974 United States Senate election in Maryland

none 1974 United States Senate elections April 2023 April 2023 1974 United States Senate election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1968 United States Senate election in Maryland 1968 1980 United States Senate election in Maryland 1980 November 5, 1974 File:Charlesmathiasjr (cropped).jpg 150x150px Charles Mathias Republican Party (United States) 503,223 57.32% File:Rep Barbara Mikulski 1977.jpg Barbara Mikulski Democratic Party (United States) 374,663 42.68% 1974 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County resultsMathias: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Mikulski: #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator Charles Mathias Jr. Republican Party (United States) Charles Mathias Jr. Republican Party (United States) The 1974 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1974, to elect one of Maryland's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Charles Mathias Jr. won re-election to a second term, defeating Baltimore City Councilwoman Barbara Mikulski, who won the Senate election 12 years later for this same seat upon Mathias' retirement. This election marks the last time either party won a race for Maryland's Class 3 US Senate seat with less than 60% of the vote. Background As a Republican representing heavily Democratic Maryland, Mathias faced a potentially difficult re-election bid for the 1974 election. State Democrats nominated Barbara Mikulski, then a Baltimore city councilwoman who was well-known to residents in her city as a social activist, but with limited name recognition in the rest of the state.Karlyn Barker Mathias Is Elected To a Second Term The Washington Post A12 November 6, 1974 Mathias was renominated by Republicans, fending off a primary election challenge from conservative doctor Ross Pierpont. Pierpont was never a substantial threat to Mathias, whose lack of competition was due in part to fallout from the Watergate scandal.Douglas Watson Mathias Purge Threat Ends: White House Scandals Boost Senator's Re-election Bid The Washington Post C1 August 15, 1974 Karlyn Barker Mathias Wins GOP Md. Race The Washington Post A24 September 11, 1974 As an advocate for campaign finance reform, Mathias refused to accept any contribution over $100 to "avoid the curse of big money that has led to so much trouble in the last year".Bill Richards Sen. Mathias Re-Election Drive Opens The Washington Post B1 February 3, 1974 However, he still managed to raise over $250,000, nearly five times Mikulski's total. Ideologically, Mikulski and Mathias agreed on many issues, such as closing tax loopholes and easing taxes on the middle class. On two issues, however, Mathias argued to reform Congress and the U.S. tax system to address inflation and corporate price fixing, contrary to Mikulski. In retrospect, The Washington Post felt the election was "an intelligent discussion of state, national, and foreign affairs by two smart, well-informed people". U.S. Senate Choice in Maryland The Washington Post A22 October 22, 1980 General election Candidates Charles McCurdy Mathias, Jr. (R), incumbent U.S. senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D), Baltimore city councilwoman Results United States Senate election in Maryland, 1974https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000177/html/am177--246.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0177, Page 0246 - Maryland Manual, 1975-76 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 246 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6372 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1974 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=24&year=1974&f=0&off=3&elect=0 1974 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland July 7, 2014 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 14, 2023 Republican Party (United States) Charles Mathias (inc.) 503,223 57.3 Democratic Party (United States) Barbara A. Mikulski 374,663 42.7 877,886 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Results by county +CountyCharlies Mathias RepublicanBarbara Mikulski DemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#% Allegany 15893 76.21% 4962 23.79% 10931 52.41% 20855 Anne Arundel 39180 57.97% 28404 42.03% 10776 15.94% 67584 Baltimore (City) 57331 40.10% 85625 59.90% -28294 -19.79% 142956 Baltimore (County) 86651 49.09% 89866 50.91% -3215 -1.82% 176517 Calvert 3023 60.81% 1948 39.19% 1075 21.63% 4971 Caroline 2034 61.75% 1260 38.25% 774 23.50% 3294 Carroll 10102 67.50% 4865 32.50% 5237 34.99% 14967 Cecil 5685 58.16% 4090 41.84% 1595 16.32% 9775 Charles 6270 60.53% 4088 39.47% 2182 21.07% 10358 Dorchester 3472 61.97% 2131 38.03% 1341 23.93% 5603 Frederick 16938 79.39% 4397 20.61% 12541 58.78% 21335 Garrett 4197 76.55% 1286 23.45% 2911 53.09% 5483 Harford 15182 53.72% 13077 46.28% 2105 7.45% 28259 Howard 14561 59.44% 9938 40.56% 4623 18.87% 24499 Kent 2824 64.43% 1559 35.57% 1265 28.86% 4383 Montgomery 114850 69.99% 49239 30.01% 65611 39.99% 164089 Prince George's 64443 57.85% 46961 42.15% 17482 15.69% 111404 Queen Anne's 2111 53.34% 1847 46.66% 264 6.67% 3958 St. Mary's 5012 61.21% 3176 38.79% 1836 22.42% 8188 Somerset 2631 57.28% 1962 42.72% 669 14.57% 4593 Talbot 3744 63.96% 2110 36.04% 1634 27.91% 5854 Washington 16690 74.09% 5837 25.91% 10853 48.18% 22527 Wicomico 7353 63.61% 4206 36.39% 3147 27.23% 11559 Worcester 3046 62.48% 1829 37.52% 1217 24.96% 4875 Total 503223 57.32% 374663 42.68% 128560 14.64% 877886 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Charles St. Mary's Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Baltimore (County) See also 1974 United States Senate elections 1974 United States elections References 1974 Maryland United States Senate