Paul S. Sarbanes won with 61.8% of the vote (999,166 votes), ahead of Alan L. Keyes with 38.2% (617,537 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.6 percentage points (381,629 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.2 points toward Democrats.
1,617,065 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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