1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1988 United States Senate election in Maryland

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  Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg Alan Keyes (1).jpg
Nominee Paul Sarbanes Alan Keyes
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 999,166 617,537
Percentage 61.8% 38.2%

Maryland Senate Election Results by County, 1988.svg
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. Sarbanes won deep red Garrett County, which has never supported a Democratic presidential candidate and has not voted Democratic in a Senate election since this election.

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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Sarbanes (incumbent) 999,166 61.8%
Republican Alan Keyes 617,537 38.2%
Independent Imad A. Ahmad (Write-in) 349 0.0%
Independent Rashaad Ali (Write-in) 13 0.0%
Total votes 1,617,065 100.0%
Democratic hold

See also[]

  • 1988 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ "Maryland State Board of Elections". Elections.state.md.us. July 24, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2012.


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