Angela Alsobrooks won with 54.6% of the vote (1,650,912 votes), ahead of Larry Hogan with 42.8% (1,294,344 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.8 percentage points (356,568 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 11.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.9 points toward Republicans.
3,021,378 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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