1986 Maryland gubernatorial election

The 1986 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986. Democratic nominee William Donald Schaefer defeated Republican nominee Thomas J. Mooney with 82.37% of the vote.

1986 Maryland gubernatorial election
November 4, 1986
 
Nominee William Donald Schaefer Thomas J. Mooney
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Melvin Steinberg Melvin A. Bilal
Popular vote 907,291 194,185
Percentage 82.37% 17.63%
County Results
Schaefer:      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
Governor before election

Harry Hughes
Democratic

 Elected Governor

William Donald Schaefer
Democratic

Elections in Maryland
Government

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 9, 1986.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Donald Schaefer 395,170 61.75
Democratic Stephen H. Sachs 224,755 35.12
Democratic Lawrence K. Freeman 14,120 2.21
Democratic Mary Fellenbaum Holter 5,919 0.93
Total votes 639,964 100.00

General election

Candidates
  • William Donald Schaefer, Democratic
  • Thomas J. Mooney, Republican

Results
1986 Maryland gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic William Donald Schaefer 907,291 82.37%
Republican Thomas J. Mooney 194,185 17.63%
Majority 713,106
Turnout 1,101,476
Democratic hold Swing
gollark: Quantum electrodynamics is still an important field of study.
gollark: Information doesn't work like physical objects, QED.
gollark: <@151391317740486657> To randomly pick one message I saw while scrolling up, processors are not "just a bunch of transistors soldered together and encased in metal".
gollark: Blueish as usual.
gollark: 64 items max mostly, sometimes 16 or 1.

References
  1. "1986 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results". Elections.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  2. "1986 Gubernatorial General Election Results". Elections.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.