Thomas R. Carper won with 66.4% of the vote (265,415 votes), ahead of Kevin Wade with 28.9% (115,700 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.5 percentage points (149,715 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 37.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.9 points toward Democrats.
399,606 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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