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1998 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1998 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Barbara Mikulski Ross Pierpont
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,062,810 444,637
Percentage 70.50% 29.50%

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

U.S. senator before election

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in Maryland was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results by county:
  Mikulski—70–80%
  Mikulski—80–90%
  Mikulski—90–100%
Democratic Primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 349,382 84.36%
Democratic Ann L. Mallory 43,120 10.41%
Democratic Kauko H. Kokkonen 21,658 5.23%
Total votes 414,160 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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  • Ross Pierpont, retired surgeon[3]
  • John Taylor
  • Michael Gloth
  • Kenneth Wayman
  • Bradlyn McClanahan
  • Howard David Greyber
  • John Stafford, Chief Administrative Law Judge for the U.S. Department of the Interior
  • George Liebmann
  • Barry Steve Asbury
  • Scott Thomas

Results

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Republican Primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ross Z. Pierpont 32,691 18.40%
Republican John Taylor 22,855 12.87%
Republican Michael Gloth 19,926 11.22%
Republican Kenneth Wayman 16,505 9.29%
Republican Bradlyn McClanahan 16,439 9.25%
Republican Howard David Greyber 16,177 9.11%
Republican John Stafford 15,031 8.46%
Republican George Liebmann 14,440 8.13%
Republican Barry Steve Asbury 11,881 6.69%
Republican Thomas Scott 11,707 6.59%
Total votes 177,652 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Barbara Mikulski (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Ross Pierpont (R), perennial candidate

Results

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United States Senate election in Maryland, 1998[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 1,062,810 70.50% −0.51%
Republican Ross Z. Pierpont 444,637 29.50% +0.51%
Majority 618,173 41.01% −1.02%
Total votes 1,507,447 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Results by county

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County Barbara A. Mikulski

Democratic

Ross Pierpont

Republican

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # %
Allegany 13077 67.33% 6344 32.67% 6733 34.67% 19421
Anne Arundel 97955 64.11% 54834 35.89% 43121 28.22% 152789
Baltimore (City) 135726 89.73% 15539 10.27% 120187 79.45% 151265
Baltimore (County) 162324 67.81% 77048 32.19% 85276 35.62% 239372
Calvert 14057 63.64% 8031 36.36% 6026 27.28% 22088
Caroline 4089 60.11% 2714 39.89% 1375 20.21% 6803
Carroll 24200 51.47% 22815 48.53% 1385 2.95% 47015
Cecil 12593 61.91% 7749 38.09% 4844 23.81% 20342
Charles 20175 63.98% 11356 36.02% 8819 27.97% 31531
Dorchester 6007 69.55% 2630 30.45% 3377 39.10% 8637
Frederick 30235 56.98% 22829 43.02% 7406 13.96% 53064
Garrett 3708 46.25% 4309 53.75% -601 -7.50% 8017
Harford 43938 60.69% 28462 39.31% 15476 21.38% 72400
Howard 55493 67.19% 27099 32.81% 28394 34.38% 82592
Kent 4689 69.82% 2027 30.18% 2662 39.64% 6716
Montgomery 199461 73.06% 73543 26.94% 125918 46.12% 273004
Prince George's 158184 83.72% 30753 16.28% 127431 67.45% 188937
Queen Anne's 8103 61.82% 5004 38.18% 3099 23.64% 13107
St. Mary's 14440 67.14% 7067 32.86% 7373 34.28% 21507
Somerset 4037 66.18% 2063 33.82% 1974 32.36% 6100
Talbot 6938 59.85% 4655 40.15% 2283 19.69% 11593
Washington 19228 56.51% 14798 43.49% 4430 13.02% 34026
Wicomico 13679 63.49% 7867 36.51% 5812 26.97% 21546
Worcester 10471 67.24% 5101 32.76% 5370 34.48% 15572
Total 1062807 70.50% 444637 29.50% 618170 41.01% 1507444

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Maryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (October 24, 2000). Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 15 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Md_home". CBS News. October 7, 1998.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 15 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ 1998 Election Statistics – Legislative Activities – Office of the Clerk. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (October 24, 2000). Retrieved on April 15, 2011.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "1998 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.