Charles McC. Mathias Jr. won with 66.2% of the vote (850,970 votes), ahead of Edward T. Conroy with 33.8% (435,118 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 32.3 percentage points (415,852 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 32.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 50.0 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,286,088 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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