1930 Maryland Attorney General election

1930 Maryland Attorney General election

4 November 1930

Nominee William Preston Lane Jr. David A. Robb Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 268,370 183,172 Percentage 58.51% 39.94%

Attorney General before election Thomas H. Robinson Democratic Elected Attorney General William Preston Lane Jr. Democratic

The 1930 Maryland attorney general election was held on 4 November 1930 in order to elect the attorney general of Maryland. Democratic nominee William Preston Lane Jr. defeated Republican nominee David A. Robb, Socialist nominee William A. Toole, Labor nominee Word H. Mills and Communist nominee Isidore Samuelson. Incumbent attorney general Thomas H. Robinson had initially been nominated on the Democratic ticket to run for a third term, but died on 12 October 1930. So William Preston Lane Jr. was nominated in his stead for the Democratic ticket.

General election

On election day, 4 November 1930, Democratic nominee William Preston Lane Jr. won the election by a margin of 85,198 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee David A. Robb, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Lane was sworn in as the 31st attorney general of Maryland on 3 January 1931.

Results

Maryland Attorney General election, 1930

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Preston Lane Jr.	268,370	58.51
	Republican	David A. Robb	183,172	39.94
	Socialist	William A. Toole	3,286	0.72
	Labor	Word H. Mills	2,880	0.63
	Communist	Isidore Samuelson	970	0.20
Total votes			458,678	100.00
	Democratic hold