1990 Maryland gubernatorial election
Results
Table:
1990 Maryland gubernatorial election[2]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic

William Donald Schaefer

664,015

59.76%

Republican

William S. Shepard

446,980

40.23%

Majority

217,035

Turnout

1,111,088

Democratic hold

Swing

Drawing on the following table labelled 1990 Maryland gubernatorial election in the "Results" section, answer the following question with a short sentence: What was the result of the 1990 Maryland gubernatorial election? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Democrat William Donald Schaefer defeated Republican nominee William S. Shepard.