Barbara A. Mikulski won with 64.8% of the vote (1,504,691 votes), ahead of E. J. Pipkin with 33.7% (783,055 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 31.1 percentage points (721,636 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 31.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.6 points toward Democrats.
2,321,931 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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