Paul S. Sarbanes won with 63.2% of the vote (1,230,013 votes), ahead of Paul H. Rappaport with 36.7% (715,178 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.4 percentage points (514,835 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 26.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.6 points toward Republicans.
1,946,898 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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