Benjamin L. Cardin won with 54.2% of the vote (965,477 votes), ahead of Michael S. Steele with 44.2% (787,182 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.0 percentage points (178,295 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 21.1 points toward Republicans.
1,781,139 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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