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1956 Maryland U.S. House District 5 Election
Maryland · 2 candidates
Lankford +13.6 pts · won by 21,155 votes
Richard LankfordDemocraticWINNER56.81%
88,227 votes
William B PrendergastRepublican43.19%
67,072 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).