1980 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1980 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Charles Mathias Edward T. Conroy
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 850,970 435,118
Percentage 66.17% 33.83%

County results
Mathias:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Charles Mathias
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles Mathias
Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1980.

Incumbent Republican U.S Senator Charles Mathias won re-election to a third term in a landslide, defeating Democratic State Senator Edward T. Conroy.

As of 2024, this is the last time a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Maryland. It is also the last time a Republican won Prince George's County and Baltimore City in a statewide election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Mathias (incumbent) 82,430 54.96%
Republican John M. Brennan 24,848 16.57%
Republican V. Dallas Merrell 23,073 15.39%
Republican Roscoe Bartlett 10,970 7.32%
Republican Jack Fortune Holden 5,176 3.45%
Republican Gerald G. Warren 3,476 2.32%
Total votes 149,973 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Senate primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward T. Conroy 79,033 22.42%
Democratic Victor Crawford 52,803 14.98%
Democratic Robert L. Douglass 43,035 12.21%
Democratic Dennis C. McCoy 40,510 11.49%
Democratic R. Spencer Oliver 35,407 10.04%
Democratic John A. Kennedy 20,255 5.75%
Democratic Frank J. Broschart 19,455 5.52%
Democratic James A. Young 17,364 4.93%
Democratic Richard J. Taranto 12,375 3.51%
Democratic Mello Cottone 11,461 3.25%
Democratic David E. Shaw 10,869 3.08%
Democratic Kurt Summers 9,952 2.82%
Total votes 352,519 100.00%

General election

Results

1980 United States Senate election in Maryland[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles Mathias (Incumbent) 850,970 66.17% Increase8.84
Democratic Edward T. Conroy 435,118 33.83% Decrease8.84
Total votes 1,286,088 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

Results by county

County Charlies Mathias

Republican

Edward T. Conroy

Democratic

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # %
Allegany 18,700 73.25% 6,829 26.75% 11,871 46.50% 25,529
Anne Arundel 76,352 69.80% 33,028 30.20% 43,324 39.61% 109,380
Baltimore (City) 108,051 56.50% 83,176 43.50% 24,875 13.01% 191,227
Baltimore (County) 151,087 65.75% 78,694 34.25% 72,393 31.51% 229,781
Calvert 5,774 65.10% 3,096 34.90% 2,678 30.19% 8,870
Caroline 3,586 69.54% 1,571 30.46% 2,015 39.07% 5,157
Carroll 16,623 61.78% 10,285 38.22% 6,338 23.55% 26,908
Cecil 9,507 65.08% 5,101 34.92% 4,406 30.16% 14,608
Charles 11,308 63.32% 6,551 36.68% 4,757 26.64% 17,859
Dorchester 5,463 68.43% 2,520 31.57% 2,943 36.87% 7,983
Frederick 26,230 76.31% 8,143 23.69% 18,087 52.62% 34,373
Garrett 5,136 76.15% 1,609 23.85% 3,527 52.29% 6,745
Harford 32,805 72.31% 12,562 27.69% 20,243 44.62% 45,367
Howard 31,740 72.61% 11,970 27.39% 19,770 45.23% 43,710
Kent 3,331 70.13% 1,419 29.87% 1,912 40.25% 4,750
Montgomery 196,817 76.49% 60,506 23.51% 136,311 52.97% 257,323
Prince George's 87,311 52.33% 79,532 47.67% 7,779 4.66% 166,843
Queen Anne's 4,730 68.64% 2,161 31.36% 2,569 37.28% 6,891
St. Mary's 7,602 62.55% 4,551 37.45% 3,051 25.10% 12,153
Somerset 2,986 65.38% 1,581 34.62% 1,405 30.76% 4,567
Talbot 6,439 77.10% 1,912 22.90% 4,527 54.21% 8,351
Washington 22,460 68.73% 10,220 31.27% 12,240 37.45% 32,680
Wicomico 11,675 67.34% 5,663 32.66% 6,012 34.68% 17,338
Worcester 5,257 68.32% 2,438 31.68% 2,819 36.63% 7,695
Total 850970 66.17% 435,118 33.83% 415,852 32.33% 1,286,088

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0180, Page 0575 - Maryland Manual, 1981-82". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 575. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 13, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0180, Page 0574 - Maryland Manual, 1981-82". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 574. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 13, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0183, Page 0676 - Maryland Manual, 1987-88". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 676. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "1980 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. July 8, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2023.