1980 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1980 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1980.

Incumbent Republican U.S Senator Charles Mathias won re-election to a third term in a landslide, defeating Democratic State Senator Edward T. Conroy.

As of 2024, this is the last time a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Maryland. It is also the last time a Republican won Prince George's County and Baltimore City in a statewide election.

Candidates

 * Roscoe Bartlett
 * John M. Brennan
 * Jack Fortune Holden
 * Charles Mathias, incumbent Senator
 * V. Dallas Merrell
 * Gerald G. Warren

Candidates

 * Frank J. Broschart, candidate for U.S. Representative in 1972
 * Edward T. Conroy, State Senator from Bowie
 * Mello Cottone
 * Victor Crawford, State Senator from Silver Spring
 * Robert L. Douglass, State Senator from Baltimore
 * John A. Kennedy
 * Dennis C. McCoy, Delegate from Baltimore
 * R. Spencer Oliver, Chief of Staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
 * David E. Shaw
 * Kurt Summers
 * Richard J. Taranto
 * James A. Young

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

 * Baltimore (County)
 * Baltimore (City)