Barbara A. Mikulski won with 70.5% of the vote (1,062,810 votes), ahead of Ross Z. Pierpont with 29.5% (444,637 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 41.0 percentage points (618,173 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 41.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 22.8 points toward Democrats.
1,507,447 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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