The 1928 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1928.
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![]() County results Goldsborough: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Bruce: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Democratic Senator William Cabell Bruce ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican former Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, who had been a failed candidate for Senate in 1916.
Democratic primaryEdit
CandidatesEdit
- William Cabell Bruce, incumbent Senator since 1923
- Virginia Peters-Parkhurst
ResultsEdit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Cabell Bruce (inc.) | 47,507 | 88.75% | |
Democratic | William Milnes Maloy | 6,020 | 11.25% | |
Total votes | 53,527 | 100.00% |
General electionEdit
ResultsEdit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Phillips Lee Goldsborough | 256,224 | 54.05% | 8.42 | |
Democratic | William Cabell Bruce (inc.) | 214,447 | 45.24% | 7.37 | |
Socialist | William A. Toole | 2,026 | 0.43% | 0.38 | |
Labor | Robert W. Stevens | 1,370 | 0.29% | 0.66 | |
Total votes | 474,067 | 100.00% |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Results" (PDF). msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ^ "MD US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "MD US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "1928 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 April 2022.