Joseph R. Biden Jr. won with 60.0% of the vote (165,465 votes), ahead of Raymond J. Clatworthy with 38.1% (105,088 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.9 percentage points (60,377 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 21.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 35.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
275,591 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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