Paul S. Sarbanes won with 59.1% of the vote (809,125 votes), ahead of William Brock with 40.9% (559,908 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.2 percentage points (249,217 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 18.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 23.8 points toward Republicans.
1,369,101 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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