1992 United States Senate election in Maryland

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The 1992 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a second term.

1992 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Barbara Mikulski Alan Keyes Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,307,610 533,688 Percentage 71.02% 28.98%

County results Mikulski:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Keyes:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Barbara Mikulski Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Thomas M. Wheatley
• Walter Boyd
• Don Allensworth
• Scott David Britt
• James Leonard White
• Emerson Sweatt

Results

Democratic primary results by county:

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•   Mikulski—50–60%
•   Mikulski—60–70%
•   Mikulski—70–80%
•   Mikulski—80–90%

Democratic primary results^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Mikulski (incumbent)	376,444	76.75%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Wheatley	31,214	6.36%
	Democratic	Walter Boyd	26,467	5.40%
	Democratic	Don Allensworth	19,731	4.02%
	Democratic	Scott David Britt	13,001	2.65%
	Democratic	James Leonard White	12,470	2.54%
	Democratic	B. Emerson Sweatt	11,150	2.27%
Total votes			490,477	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• James H. Berry
• John J. Bishop, Jr., Maryland State Senator
• Joseph I. Cassilly, Harford County State's Attorney
• Herman J. Hannan
• Stuart Hopkins
• Joyce Friend-Nalepka
• Alan Keyes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs and nominee in 1988
• Martha Scanlan Klima, Maryland State Delegate
• Scott L. Meredith
• Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, perennial candidate
• Edward R. Shannon
• S. Rob Sobhani, aide to Congresswoman Connie Morella
• Romie A. Songer
• Gene Zarwell, retired U.S. Army Colonel

Results

Republican primary results by county:

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•   Keyes—20–30%
•   Keyes—30–40%
•   Keyes—40–50%
•   Keyes—50–60%
•   Keyes—60–70%
•   Cassilly—60–70%

Republican primary second place results by county:

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•   Cassilly
•   Hopkins
•   Keyes
•   Klima
•   Meredith
•   Pierpont
•   Sobhani
•   Songer
•   Zarwell

Republican primary results^[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Keyes	95,831	45.94%
	Republican	Martha Scanlan Klima	20,758	9.95%
	Republican	Joseph I. Cassilly	16,091	7.71%
	Republican	Ross Z. Pierpont	12,658	6.07%
	Republican	S. Rob Sobhani	12,423	5.96%
	Republican	John J. Bishop, Jr.	9,451	4.53%
	Republican	Eugene R. Zarwell	6,535	3.13%
	Republican	James Henry Berry	6,282	3.01%
	Republican	Romie Allen Songer	6,030	2.89%
	Republican	Joyce Friend-Nalepka	5,835	2.80%
	Republican	Edward Robert Shannon	4,578	2.19%
	Republican	Scott L. Meredith	4,372	2.10%
	Republican	Stuart Hopkins	3,717	1.78%
	Republican	Herman J. Hannan	2,771	1.33%
	Republican	William H. Krehnbrink	1,258	0.60%
Total votes			208,590	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Alan Keyes (R), former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Barbara Mikulski (D), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

1992 United States Senate election in Maryland^[4][5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara Mikulski (incumbent)	1,307,610	71.02%	+10.33%
	Republican	Alan Keyes	533,688	28.98%	−10.33%
Total votes			1,841,298	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

Results by county

County	Barbara A. Mikulski Democratic		Alan Keyes Republican		Write-Ins Independent		Margin		Total Votes Cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	16872	64.71%	9199	35.28%	1	0.00%	7673	29.43%	26072
Anne Arundel	121290	67.01%	59512	32.88%	195	0.11%	61778	34.13%	180997
Baltimore (City)	196086	86.79%	29834	13.20%	23	0.01%	166252	73.58%	225943
Baltimore (County)	208164	70.92%	85374	29.08%	1	0.00%	122790	41.83%	293539
Calvert	11980	60.62%	7781	39.38%	0	0.00%	4199	21.25%	19761
Caroline	4622	64.61%	2531	35.38%	1	0.01%	2091	29.23%	7154
Carroll	30495	56.68%	23293	43.30%	11	0.02%	7202	13.39%	53799
Cecil	14744	63.77%	8374	36.22%	2	0.01%	6370	27.55%	23120
Charles	20053	61.71%	12439	38.28%	2	0.01%	7614	23.43%	32494
Dorchester	6346	69.65%	2765	30.35%	0	0.00%	3581	39.30%	9111
Frederick	36788	58.53%	26055	41.45%	11	0.02%	10733	17.08%	62854
Garrett	3473	40.85%	5028	59.15%	0	0.00%	-1555	-18.29%	8501
Harford	51096	64.62%	27966	35.37%	4	0.01%	23130	29.25%	79066
Howard	65681	67.47%	31664	32.52%	9	0.01%	34017	34.94%	97354
Kent	4550	72.43%	1732	27.57%	0	0.00%	2818	44.86%	6282
Montgomery	247505	69.99%	105997	29.97%	126	0.04%	141508	40.02%	353628
Prince George's	180129	78.92%	48093	21.07%	27	0.01%	132036	57.85%	228249
Queen Anne's	8079	64.67%	4414	35.33%	0	0.00%	3665	29.34%	12493
St. Mary's	13943	64.87%	7541	35.09%	9	0.04%	6402	29.79%	21493
Somerset	4565	69.75%	1970	30.10%	10	0.15%	2595	39.65%	6545
Talbot	7437	65.20%	3966	34.77%	4	0.04%	3471	30.43%	11407
Washington	24499	61.63%	15240	38.34%	11	0.03%	9259	23.29%	39750
Wicomico	17713	67.19%	8651	32.81%	0	0.00%	9062	34.37%	26364
Worcester	11500	72.93%	4269	27.07%	0	0.00%	7231	45.86%	15769
Total	1307610	71.00%	533688	28.98%	447	0.02%	773922	42.02%	1841745

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Allegany
• Caroline
• Carroll
• Cecil
• Dorchester
• Frederick
• Queen Anne's
• Somerset
• Talbot
• Washington
• Wicomico
• Worcester

See also

• 1992 United States Senate elections
• 1992 United States elections