1976 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1976 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Glenn Beall Jr. ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Paul Sarbanes.

Democratic

 * Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Representative since 1971
 * Joseph Tydings, former Senator

Republican

 * John Glenn Beall Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

 * Anne Arundel
 * Baltimore (County)
 * Calvert
 * Cecil
 * Charles
 * Dorchester
 * Harford
 * Howard
 * Kent
 * Queen Anne's
 * Somerset
 * St. Mary's
 * Wicomico