| Notes: William Preston Lane was declared the winner of the Democrat primary because of the County Unit Rule. Lane won 84 units (16 counties plus one district in the city of Baltimore); George Mahoney won 68 units. |
| County | Turnout | Theodore McKeldin (R) |
William Preston Lane* (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County data not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 42% | 369,807 | 57.3% | 275,824 | 42.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 93,983 | 645,631 | ||||||||||
| Total R vote: 369,807 (57.3%) Total D vote: 275,824 (42.7%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
No Republican primary | |||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | William Preston Lane* | 173,611 | 45.5% |
| 2 | George Mahoney | 191,193 | 50.1% |
| 3 | Herbert Larrabee | 6,649 | 1.7% |
| 4 | Harry Kemper | 5,426 | 1.4% |
| 5 | Stephen Peddicord | 4,496 | 1.2% |
| TOTAL VOTES | 381,375 | ||