Christopher S. Bond won with 52.7% of the vote (830,625 votes), ahead of Jeremiah W. Nixon with 43.8% (690,208 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.9 percentage points (140,417 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 8.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.1 points toward Democrats.
1,576,857 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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