The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.
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Incumbent Democratic Senator George L. P. Radcliffe was re-elected to a second term in office, fending off an intra-party challenge from businessman Howard Bruce and easily winning the general election over Republican ex-Governor Harry Nice.
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Howard Bruce, Baltimore County industrialist
- Vincent L. Gierttoski
- George L. P. Radcliffe, incumbent Senator since 1935
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George L. P. Radcliffe (inc.) | 175,857 | 64.11% | |
| Democratic | Howard Bruce | 95,757 | 34.91% | |
| Democratic | Vincent L. Gierttoski | 2,695 | 0.98% | |
| Total votes | 274,309 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- William Frederick Broening, former Mayor of Baltimore, 1919–1923 and 1927–1931
- Harry Nice, former Governor of Maryland, 1935–1939
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Nice | 48,414 | 60.61% | |
| Republican | William Frederick Broening | 31,468 | 39.39% | |
| Total votes | 79,882 | 100.00% | ||
General election edit
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George L. P. Radcliffe (inc.) | 394,239 | 64.74% |  8.64
| |
| Republican | Harry Nice | 203,912 | 33.48% |  8.47
| |
| Socialist | Edwin B. Abbott | 4,204 | 0.69% | 0.60
| |
| Independent | David L. Elliot | 3,423 | 0.56% | N/A | |
| American Labor | Robert Kadish | 1,848 | 0.30% | 0.11
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| Communist | Albert E. Blumberg | 1,349 | 0.22% | 0.03
| |
| Total votes | 608,948 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Results by county edit
| County | George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic |
Harry Nice
Republican |
Edwin B. Abbott
Socialist |
David L. Elliott
Independent |
Others
Others |
Margin | Total
votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 17122 | 53.94% | 14250 | 44.89% | 99 | 0.31% | 64 | 0.20% | 208 | 0.66% | -2872 | -9.05% | 31743 |
| Anne Arundel | 14154 | 65.80% | 7132 | 33.15% | 40 | 0.19% | 103 | 0.48% | 83 | 0.39% | 7022 | 32.64% | 21512 |
| Baltimore (City) | 195025 | 69.03% | 81165 | 28.73% | 3158 | 1.12% | 1699 | 0.60% | 1495 | 0.53% | 113860 | 40.30% | 282542 |
| Baltimore (County) | 37787 | 68.63% | 16247 | 29.51% | 236 | 0.43% | 595 | 0.43% | 195 | 0.35% | 21540 | 39.12% | 55060 |
| Calvert | 2133 | 52.73% | 1867 | 46.16% | 8 | 0.20% | 16 | 0.40% | 21 | 0.52% | -266 | -6.58% | 4045 |
| Caroline | 3544 | 58.72% | 2431 | 40.28% | 12 | 0.20% | 16 | 0.27% | 32 | 0.53% | 1113 | 18.44% | 6035 |
| Carroll | 6835 | 50.83% | 6471 | 48.12% | 21 | 0.16% | 76 | 0.57% | 45 | 0.33% | 364 | 2.71% | 13448 |
| Cecil | 3170 | 35.80% | 5553 | 62.71% | 24 | 0.27% | 56 | 0.63% | 52 | 0.59% | -2383 | -26.91% | 8855 |
| Charles | 2472 | 49.08% | 2482 | 49.28% | 22 | 0.44% | 19 | 0.38% | 42 | 0.83% | -10 | -0.20% | 5037 |
| Dorchester | 5979 | 62.78% | 3416 | 35.87% | 21 | 0.22% | 45 | 0.47% | 62 | 0.65% | -2563 | -26.91% | 9523 |
| Frederick | 12451 | 59.50% | 8190 | 39.14% | 37 | 0.18% | 117 | 0.56% | 131 | 0.63% | 4261 | 20.36% | 20926 |
| Garrett | 2746 | 40.63% | 3916 | 57.95% | 31 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.31% | 44 | 0.65% | -1170 | -17.31% | 6758 |
| Harford | 6616 | 58.57% | 4539 | 40.18% | 26 | 0.23% | 54 | 0.48% | 61 | 0.54% | 2077 | 18.39% | 11296 |
| Howard | 4464 | 65.79% | 2252 | 33.19% | 9 | 0.13% | 30 | 0.44% | 30 | 0.44% | 2212 | 32.60% | 6785 |
| Kent | 3395 | 61.94% | 2035 | 37.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 25 | 0.46% | 24 | 0.44% | 1360 | 24.81% | 5481 |
| Montgomery | 17834 | 61.98% | 10389 | 36.11% | 292 | 1.01% | 122 | 0.42% | 135 | 0.47% | 7445 | 25.88% | 28772 |
| Prince George's | 16731 | 67.07% | 7927 | 31.78% | 52 | 0.21% | 106 | 0.42% | 130 | 0.52% | 8804 | 35.29% | 24946 |
| Queen Anne's | 3791 | 64.80% | 1979 | 33.83% | 11 | 0.19% | 24 | 0.41% | 45 | 0.77% | 1812 | 30.97% | 5850 |
| St. Mary's | 2620 | 58.30% | 1806 | 40.19% | 11 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.45% | 37 | 0.82% | -814 | -18.11% | 4494 |
| Somerset | 3756 | 49.14% | 3768 | 49.29% | 15 | 0.20% | 28 | 0.37% | 77 | 1.01% | 12 | 0.16% | 7644 |
| Talbot | 4225 | 54.45% | 3451 | 44.48% | 7 | 0.09% | 22 | 0.28% | 54 | 0.70% | 774 | 9.98% | 7759 |
| Washington | 14311 | 60.35% | 9184 | 38.73% | 38 | 0.16% | 97 | 0.41% | 85 | 0.36% | 5127 | 21.62% | 23715 |
| Wicomico | 7050 | 65.64% | 3590 | 33.43% | 14 | 0.13% | 35 | 0.33% | 51 | 0.47% | 3460 | 32.22% | 10740 |
| Worcester | 3635 | 60.77% | 2238 | 37.41% | 18 | 0.30% | 33 | 0.55% | 58 | 0.97% | 1397 | 23.35% | 5982 |
| Total | 385343 | 63.28% | 212781 | 34.94% | 4204 | 0.69% | 3423 | 0.56% | 3197 | 0.53% | 172562 | 28.34% | 608948 |
Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican edit
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0308 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 308. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 06, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0308 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 308. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 06, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0324 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 324. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "1940 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2023.