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1998 United States Senate election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Maryland 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Maryland 2004 November 3, 1998 File:Barbara Mikulski.jpg 150x150px Barbara Mikulski Democratic Party (United States) 1,062,810 70.50% 3x4.svg Ross Pierpont Republican Party (United States) 444,637 29.50% 1998 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County resultsMikulski: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Pierpont: #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski Democratic Party (United States) Barbara Mikulski Democratic Party (United States)
The 1998 United States Senate election in Maryland was held November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a third term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Kauko H. Kokkonen
Ann L. Mallory
Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
thumb|300px|Democratic primary results by county:
#584CDE Mikulski—70–80%
#3933E5 Mikulski—80–90%
#0D0596 Mikulski—90–100%
Democratic Primary resultsMaryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (October 24, 2000). Retrieved on June 17, 2011.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=211239 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 15 1998 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 15, 2023
Barbara A. Mikulski (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 349,382 84.36%
Ann L. Mallory Democratic Party (United States) 43,120 10.41%
Kauko H. Kokkonen Democratic Party (United States) 21,658 5.23%
414,160 100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Barry Steve Asbury
Michael Gloth
Howard David Greyber
George Liebmann
Bradlyn McClanahan
Ross Pierpont, retired surgeonhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/md-home/ Md_home CBS News October 7, 1998
John Stafford, U.S. Department of the Interior administrative law judge
John Taylor
Scott Thomas
Kenneth Wayman
Results
Republican Primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25338 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 15 1998 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 15, 2023
Ross Z. Pierpont Republican Party (United States) 32,691 18.40%
John Taylor Republican Party (United States) 22,855 12.87%
Michael Gloth Republican Party (United States) 19,926 11.22%
Kenneth Wayman Republican Party (United States) 16,505 9.29%
Bradlyn McClanahan Republican Party (United States) 16,439 9.25%
Howard David Greyber Republican Party (United States) 16,177 9.11%
John Stafford Republican Party (United States) 15,031 8.46%
George Liebmann Republican Party (United States) 14,440 8.13%
Barry Steve Asbury Republican Party (United States) 11,881 6.69%
Thomas Scott Republican Party (United States) 11,707 6.59%
177,652 100.00%
General election
Candidates
Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987
Ross Pierpont, retired surgeon
Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error BarbaraMikulski (D) RossPierpont (R) UndecidedHarris Insights & AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 20, 1998911—67%27%6%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Maryland 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MD/polls/MD98S.html CNN 26 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250626183816/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MD/polls/MD98S.html 26 June 2025 liveOctober 15–17, 1998821 (LV)± 3.5%67%26%7%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 18–20, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%69%19%12%
Results
United States Senate election in Maryland, 19981998 Election Statistics – Legislative Activities – Office of the Clerk. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.Maryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (October 24, 2000). Retrieved on April 15, 2011.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=141 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1998 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 15, 2023https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1998&fips=24&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=3 1998 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland August 27, 2008 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 15, 2023
Barbara A. Mikulski (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 1,062,810 70.50% -0.51%
Ross Z. Pierpont Republican Party (United States) 444,637 29.50% +0.51%
618,173
41.01%
-1.02%
1,507,447 100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Results by county
+CountyBarbara A. Mikulski
DemocraticRoss Pierpont
RepublicanMarginTotal
Votes
Cast#%#%#% Allegany 13077 67.33% 6344 32.67% 6733 34.67% 19421 Anne Arundel 97955 64.11% 54834 35.89% 43121 28.22% 152789 Baltimore (City) 135726 89.73% 15539 10.27% 120187 79.45% 151265 Baltimore (County) 162324 67.81% 77048 32.19% 85276 35.62% 239372 Calvert 14057 63.64% 8031 36.36% 6026 27.28% 22088 Caroline 4089 60.11% 2714 39.89% 1375 20.21% 6803 Carroll 24200 51.47% 22815 48.53% 1385 2.95% 47015 Cecil 12593 61.91% 7749 38.09% 4844 23.81% 20342 Charles 20175 63.98% 11356 36.02% 8819 27.97% 31531 Dorchester 6007 69.55% 2630 30.45% 3377 39.10% 8637 Frederick 30235 56.98% 22829 43.02% 7406 13.96% 53064 Garrett 3708 46.25% 4309 53.75% -601 -7.50% 8017 Harford 43938 60.69% 28462 39.31% 15476 21.38% 72400 Howard 55493 67.19% 27099 32.81% 28394 34.38% 82592 Kent 4689 69.82% 2027 30.18% 2662 39.64% 6716 Montgomery 199461 73.06% 73543 26.94% 125918 46.12% 273004 Prince George's 158184 83.72% 30753 16.28% 127431 67.45% 188937 Queen Anne's 8103 61.82% 5004 38.18% 3099 23.64% 13107 St. Mary's 14440 67.14% 7067 32.86% 7373 34.28% 21507 Somerset 4037 66.18% 2063 33.82% 1974 32.36% 6100 Talbot 6938 59.85% 4655 40.15% 2283 19.69% 11593 Washington 19228 56.51% 14798 43.49% 4430 13.02% 34026 Wicomico 13679 63.49% 7867 36.51% 5812 26.97% 21546 Worcester 10471 67.24% 5101 32.76% 5370 34.48% 15572 Total 1062807 70.50% 444637 29.50% 618170 41.01% 1507444
See also
1998 United States Senate elections
1998 United States elections
Notes
References
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