Janet T. Mills won with 50.9% of the vote (320,478 votes), ahead of Shawn H. Moody with 43.2% (271,624 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.8 percentage points (48,854 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 7.8 points.
629,396 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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