Barbara A. Mikulski won with 71.0% of the vote (1,307,610 votes), ahead of Alan L. Keyes with 29.0% (533,688 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 42.0 percentage points (773,922 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 42.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.4 points toward Democrats.
1,841,298 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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