1970 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Nominee J. Glenn Beall Jr. Joseph Tydings
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 484,960 460,422
Percentage 50.71% 48.14%
County results
Beall:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tydings:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Joseph Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

J. Glenn Beall Jr.
Republican

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The 1970 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings ran for re-election to a second term, but was narrowly defeated by Republican U.S. Representative J. Glenn Beall Jr.

Tydings had defeated Beall's father, Senator James Glenn Beall six years earlier. Tydings's own adoptive father Millard had served as senator as well as Beall Sr., making this a rare dynastic election between the sons of former senators.

As of 2024, this was the last time a Republican won the Class 1 Senate seat in Maryland.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1970 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Tydings (incumbent) 242,874 52.68%
Democratic George P. Mahoney 173,157 37.56%
Democratic Walter Gilchrist Finch 33,361 7.24%
Democratic Charles D. White 11,628 2.52%
Total votes 461,020 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1970 Republican U.S. Senate primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Glenn Beall Jr. 99,687 83.49%
Republican Harry L. Simms 9,927 8.31%
Republican Wainwright Dawson 9,786 8.20%
Total votes 119,400 100.00%

Results

1970 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican J. Glenn Beall Jr. 484,960 50.71% Increase13.49
Democratic Joseph Tydings (incumbent) 460,422 48.14% Decrease14.64
American Harvey Wilder 10,988 1.15% N/A
Total votes 956,370 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

County J. Glenn Beall

Republican

Joseph Tydings

Democratic

Harvey Wilder

American

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 16432 64.96% 8425 33.31% 437 1.73% 8007 31.66% 25294
Anne Arundel 39649 60.54% 24986 38.15% 857 1.31% 14663 22.39% 65492
Baltimore 101631 57.17% 74479 41.89% 1668 0.94% 27152 15.27% 177778
Baltimore City 66552 33.47% 128392 64.58% 3876 1.95% -61840 -31.10% 198820
Calvert 2854 56.68% 2141 42.52% 40 0.79% 713 14.16% 5035
Caroline 3034 70.79% 1227 28.63% 25 0.58% 1807 42.16% 4286
Carroll 12015 75.18% 3804 23.80% 163 1.02% 8211 51.38% 15982
Cecil 7527 63.67% 4184 35.39% 111 0.94% 3343 28.28% 11822
Charles 5828 58.50% 4062 40.77% 73 0.73% 1766 17.73% 9963
Dorchester 5119 69.81% 2108 28.75% 106 1.45% 3011 41.06% 7333
Frederick 14746 65.85% 7375 32.93% 272 1.21% 7371 32.92% 22393
Garrett 4701 78.93% 1182 19.85% 73 1.23% 3519 59.08% 5956
Harford 15405 60.27% 9940 38.89% 213 0.83% 5465 21.38% 25558
Howard 10097 61.95% 6061 37.19% 141 0.87% 4036 24.76% 16299
Kent 3502 65.37% 1818 33.94% 37 0.69% 1684 31.44% 5357
Montgomery 68020 43.08% 88952 56.33% 933 0.59% -20932 -13.26% 157905
Prince George's 59385 46.01% 68356 52.96% 1327 1.03% -8971 -6.95% 129068
Queen Anne's 3073 63.30% 1753 36.11% 29 0.60% 1320 27.19% 4855
St. Mary's 4298 54.38% 3555 44.98% 50 0.63% 743 9.40% 7903
Somerset 3995 68.37% 1805 30.89% 43 0.74% 2190 37.48% 5843
Talbot 4852 69.05% 2143 30.50% 32 0.46% 2709 38.55% 7027
Washington 19088 67.85% 8611 30.61% 435 1.55% 10477 37.24% 28134
Wicomico 9305 69.99% 3883 29.21% 106 0.80% 5422 40.79% 13294
Worcester 3852 75.93% 1180 23.26% 41 0.81% 2672 52.67% 5073
Total 484960 50.70% 460422 48.14% 11088 1.16% 24538 2.57% 956470

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0551 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 551. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0551 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 551. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 13.
  6. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0175, Page 0519 - Maryland Manual, 1971-72". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 519. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  8. ^ "1970 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 6, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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