1968 United States Senate election in Maryland
November 5, 1968
 
Nominee Charles Mathias Daniel Brewster George P. Mahoney
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Popular vote 541,893 443,667 148,467
Percentage 47.79% 39.12% 13.09%
County results
Mathias:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Brewster:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Daniel Brewster
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Charles Mathias Jr.
Republican

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1968 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
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

Results

1968 Republican U.S. Senate primary[3][4]
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

1968 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[5][6][7]
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "1968 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. December 31, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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