Thomas R. Carper won with 60.0% of the vote (217,385 votes), ahead of Robert B. Arlett with 37.8% (137,127 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.1 percentage points (80,258 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.5 points toward Democrats.
362,592 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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