United States Senate election in Maryland, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Paul Sarbanes	John Glenn Beall, Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	772,101	530,439
Percentage	56.6%	38.9%

U.S. Senator before election

John Glenn Beall, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Glenn Beall Jr. ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Paul Sarbanes.

Major candidates

Democratic

Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Representative since 1971

Republican

John Glenn Beall, Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Sarbanes	772,101	56.55%
	Republican	John Glenn Beall, Jr.	530,439	38.85%
	Independent	Bruce Bradley	62,750	4.60%
Majority			241,662	17.70%
Turnout			1,365,290
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf

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