Larry Hogan won with 55.4% of the vote (1,275,644 votes), ahead of Ben Jealous with 43.5% (1,002,639 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.8 percentage points (273,005 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 11.8 points.
2,304,512 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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