1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

Election for U.S. senator from Maryland

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1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee  | Paul Sarbanes | Alan Keyes |
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 999,166 | 617,537
Percentage  | 61.79% | 38.19%

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County results
Sarbanes: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Keyes: 50–60%

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| U.S. senator before election

Paul Sarbanes
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| Elected U.S. Senator

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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[edit]

### Democratic[edit]

* Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator

### Republican[edit]

* Alan Keyes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

## Results[edit]

General election results[1][2][3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Paul Sarbanes (incumbent)  | 999,166  | 61.79%
| Republican | Alan Keyes | 617,537  | 38.19%
| Independent | Imad A. Ahmad (Write-in)  | 349  | 0.02%
| Independent | Rashaad Ali (Write-in)  | 13  | 0.00%
Total votes  | 1,617,065  | 100.0%
| Democratic hold

### Results by county[edit]

County  | Paul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

| Alan Keyes

Republican

| Rashaad Ali

Independent

| Imad A. Ahmad

Independent

| Margin  | Total

Votes

Cast

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
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[edit]

* 1988 United States Senate elections
* 1988 United States elections

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Maryland State Board of Elections". Elections.state.md.us. July 24, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
2. ^ "1988 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

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