1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

1988 United States Senate election in Maryland
	County results; Sarbanes: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Keyes: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Paul Sarbanes; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Paul Sarbanes; Democratic

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 results^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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


County	Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic		Alan Keyes Republican		Rashaad Ali Independent		Imad A. Ahmad Independent		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total 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

References

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

Notes

[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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