Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Richard Nixon Republican The 1968 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election.

[1] Maryland was the home state of Republican vice presidential nominee Spiro Agnew, who was the sitting Governor of Maryland at the time of the election.

Since Nixon lost his home state of New York, this, along with the 1916 election, is one of two times where the winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates lost both of their home states.

In this election, Maryland voted 2.34% to the left of the nation at-large.

[2] As of 2024 this is the last time a winning candidate loses the home state of his running mate.