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1988 United States Senate election in Maryland
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1988 United States Senate election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1982 United States Senate election in Maryland 1982 1994 United States Senate election in Maryland 1994 November 8, 1988 150x150px File:Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg Paul Sarbanes Democratic Party (United States) 999,166 61.79% File:Alan Keyes (1).jpg Alan Keyes Republican Party (United States) 617,537 38.19% Maryland Senate Election Results by County, 1988.svg 295px County resultsSarbanes: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Keyes: #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes Democratic Party (United States) Paul Sarbanes Democratic Party (United States)
The 1988 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes was reelected to a third term in a landslide. As in 1982, Sarbanes won strongly Republican Garrett County, which has never supported a Democratic presidential candidate and has not voted Democratic in a Senate election since this election. This is the last time that Maryland voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.
Candidates
Democratic
Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator
Republican
Alan Keyes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Results
General election resultshttp://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1988/results_1988/pregaa.html Maryland State Board of Elections Elections.state.md.us July 24, 2001 May 18, 2012https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=24&year=1988&f=0&off=3&elect=0 1988 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland August 27, 2008 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 15, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3545 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 15, 2023
Democratic Party (United States)
Paul Sarbanes (incumbent)
999,166
61.79%
Republican Party (United States)
Alan Keyes
617,537
38.19%
Independent (United States)
Imad A. Ahmad (Write-in)
349
0.02%
Independent (United States)
Rashaad Ali (Write-in)
13
0.00%
1,617,065
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
Results by county
+CountyPaul S. Sarbanes
DemocraticAlan Keyes
RepublicanRashaad Ali
IndependentImad A. Ahmad
IndependentMarginTotal
Votes
Cast#%#%#%#%#% Allegany 14991 59.38% 10254 40.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4737 18.76% 25245 Anne Arundel 77647 54.41% 65053 45.58% 2 0.00% 7 0.00% 12594 8.82% 142709 Baltimore (City) 175059 79.82% 44231 20.17% 6 0.00% 22 0.01% 130828 59.65% 219318 Baltimore (County) 157701 58.63% 111251 41.36% 1 0.00% 15 0.01% 46450 17.27% 268968 Calvert 7915 50.08% 7890 49.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 25 0.16% 15805 Caroline 3543 55.50% 2841 44.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 702 11.00% 6384 Carroll 19305 46.12% 22551 53.87% 1 0.00% 3 0.01% -3246 -7.75% 41860 Cecil 10607 56.92% 8022 43.05% 0 0.00% 7 0.04% 2585 13.87% 18636 Charles 16238 56.35% 12580 43.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3658 12.69% 28818 Dorchester 4979 56.20% 3881 43.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1098 12.39% 8860 Frederick 23997 49.55% 24423 50.43% 0 0.00% 10 0.02% -426 -0.88% 48430 Garrett 3882 51.41% 3669 48.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 213 2.82% 7551 Harford 33192 54.25% 27992 45.75% 0 0.00% 4 0.01% 5200 8.50% 61188 Howard 43521 54.30% 36602 45.67% 2 0.00% 18 0.02 6919 8.63% 80143 Kent 3488 59.76% 2349 40.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1139 19.51% 5837 Montgomery 198484 62.45% 119155 37.49% 0 0.00% 206 0.06% 79329 24.96% 317845 Prince George's 143485 69.65% 62476 30.33% 1 0.00% 56 0.03% 81009 39.32% 206018 Queen Anne's 5636 53.01% 4996 46.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 640 6.02% 10632 St. Mary's 10478 58.98% 7285 41.01% 0 0.00% 1 0.01% 3193 17.97% 17764 Somerset 3200 52.08% 2944 47.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 256 4.17% 6144 Talbot 5523 50.40% 5435 49.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 88 0.80% 10958 Washington 17513 49.77% 17674 50.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -161 -0.46% 35187 Wicomico 12468 52.22% 11406 47.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1062 4.45% 23874 Worcester 6314 53.10% 5577 46.90% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 737 6.20% 11891 Total 999166 61.67% 620537 38.30% 13 0.00% 349 0.02% 378629 23.37% 1620065
See also
1988 United States Senate elections
1988 United States elections
References
Notes
1988
Maryland
United States Senate