Joseph R. Biden Jr. won with 62.7% of the vote (112,918 votes), ahead of M. Jane Brady with 35.8% (64,554 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.8 percentage points (48,364 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 26.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 51.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
180,157 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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