Spiro Agnew v. George Mahoney (Maryland 1966)

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Presenting one of the stranger maps from modern Maryland (manually drawn using info from America Votes 7)



Spiro Agnew (R): 49.6
George Mahoney (D): 40.7
Hyman Pressman (I): 9.7

Mahoney was a segregationist who won an eight-way primary with a plurality.

Agnew signed anti-discrimination ordinances as Baltimore County executive.

Pressman was a Democrat.

America Votes 7 lists Ward results from Baltimore, which show wards where Johnson won over 90% in 1964 and Agnew won 80% in 1966.

Montgomery County was Agnew's best county in 1966 and George Wallace's worst county in 1968.

Goldwater and Mahoney both carried Dorchester, and Wallace got 32% in Dorchester in 1968.

Counties where Pressman did well: Alleghany (18%), Anne Arundel (12%), Baltimore City (15%), Baltimore County (13%), Carroll (11%), Harford (11%), and Howard (10%)

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Various bits of info from the Maryland Manual, 1967-68 (Volume 173 in the Maryland state archives - http://aomol.net/html/index.html )

1964 Presidential primary results between the Johnson stand-in (Daniel Brewster) and George Wallace

Allegany: 78/19 Brewster
Anne Arundel: 63/35 Wallace
Baltimore City: 59/35 Brewster
Baltimore County: 48.3/48 Brewster
Calvert: 66/32 Wallace
Caroline: 68/29 Wallace
Carroll: 50/46 Wallace
Cecil: 57/39 Wallace
Charles: 68/30 Wallace
Dorchester: 80/18 Wallace
Frederick: 60/37 Brewster
Garrett: 76/18 Brewster
Harford: 48/47 Wallace
Howard: 51/46 Wallace
Kent: 67/31 Wallace
Montgomery: 70/26 Brewster
Prince George's: 51/47 Brewster
Queen Anne's: 62/35 Wallace
Somerset: 73/25 Wallace
St. Mary's: 63/34 Wallace
Talbot: 63/34 Wallace
Washington: 66/30 Brewster
Wicomico: 71/26 Wallace
Worcester: 80/17 Wallace

total: Brewster 53, Wallace 43

Also, Mahoney won the 1966 gubernatorial primary with 30% (winning by a 1939 vote margin).

Mahoney won majorities in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's in the primary.