Jennings Randolph won with 50.5% of the vote (249,034 votes), ahead of Arch A. Moore Jr. with 49.5% (244,317 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.0 percentage points (4,717 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 1.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 99.0 points toward Republicans.
493,351 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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