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1946 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1946 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1946.

Democratic primary
Candidates • John Emerson LaVeck • Herbert O'Conor, Governor of Maryland • George L. P. Radcliffe, incumbent Senator since 1935 Results == Republican primary ==
Republican primary
CandidatesD. John Markey, businessman, U.S. Army veteran, and former Maryland Agricultural College football coach • Roscoe F. Walter • Joseph Allison Wilmer Results ==General election==
General election
Results Results by county Counties that flipped from Democratic to RepublicanAlleganyAnne ArundelBaltimore (County)CarrollFrederickSomersetTalbotWashington Counties that flipped from Republican to DemocraticCecilHarfordSt. Mary's Aftermath After the vote, both candidates claimed victory, before the official count declared O'Conor the winner by a margin of 2,232 out of more than 470,000 votes cast. On December 10, 1946, Markey requested the U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (now controlled by Republicans after their landslide victories in the 1946 elections) conduct a recount in Baltimore City and Montgomery County, which had used electronic voting machines. The committee completed its full recount of the state in January 1948 and concluded that O'Conor had secured a 1,624-vote majority. ==See also==
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