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1940 United States Senate election in Maryland

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The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.

1940 United States Senate election in Maryland
← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
 
Nominee George L. P. Radcliffe Harry Nice
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 394,239 203,912
Percentage 64.74% 33.48%
County results
Nice:      40–50%      50–60%
Radcliffe:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

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

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Candidates

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  • Howard Bruce, Baltimore County industrialist
  • Vincent L. Gierttoski
  • George L. P. Radcliffe, incumbent Senator since 1935

Results

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1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
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

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Candidates

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Results

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1940 Republican U.S. Senate primary[3][4]
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

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Results

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1940 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[5][6][7]
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
Communist Albert E. Blumberg 1,349 0.22%  0.03
Total votes 608,948 100.00%
Democratic hold

Results by county

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County George L. P. Radcliffe

Democratic

Harry Nice

Republican

Edwin B. Abbott

Socialist

David L. Elliott

Independent

Others

Others

Margin Total

votes

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# % # % # % # % # % # %
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 Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 06, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 06, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "1940 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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