Joseph R. Biden Jr. won with 58.0% of the vote (93,930 votes), ahead of James H. Baxter Jr. with 41.0% (66,479 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.9 percentage points (27,451 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 16.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.1 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
162,072 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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