Paul S. Sarbanes won with 63.5% of the vote (707,356 votes), ahead of Lawrence J. Hogan with 36.5% (407,334 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.9 percentage points (300,022 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 26.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 59.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,114,690 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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