Maryland gubernatorial election, 1966

Maryland gubernatorial election, 1966

1962 ← November 8, 1966 → 1969

Nominee Spiro Agnew George P. Mahoney Hyman A. Pressman Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 455,318 373,543 90,899 Percentage 49.50% 40.61% 9.88%

County results

Governor before election J. Millard Tawes Democratic Elected Governor Spiro Agnew Republican

J. Millard Tawes
Democratic

Spiro Agnew
Republican

The Maryland gubernatorial election of 1966 was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic Governor J. Millard Tawes was unable to seek a third term in office. In the election to succeed him, George P. Mahoney, a controversial segregationist, emerged from the Democratic primary due to splintered support for the two major candidates. Baltimore County Executive Spiro Agnew, who would later go on to be selected by Richard M. Nixon as his running mate in 1968, was nominated by the Republican Party as their gubernatorial candidate. Mahoney and Agnew squared off, along with independent candidate Hyman A. Pressman. Ultimately, Agnew was victorious over Mahoney, with Pressman a distant third. This year would be the last time that the state of Maryland elected a Republican governor until 2002.

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