NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS : EDITION-TIME COMPILATIONS : State-by-State Election Reports of Key Races and Issues : Maryland

William Schaefer, the city’s moody but popular Democratic mayor, walloped underdog Thomas Mooney and appeared headed for victory in the governor’s race by the largest margin in Maryland history.

Schaefer, 65, steamrolled over Mooney, 42, as expected, overwhelming the Republican two-term state delegate in every region of the state.

With 17% of the votes counted, Schaefer had 77% to Mooney’s 23%.

The Schaefer victory means City Council President Clarence Burns becomes Baltimore’s first black mayor.

In the Senate race, five-term Rep. Barbara Mikulski was the projected winner over hwe GOP opponent Linda Chavez, the controversial former head of the Civil Rights Commission and a one-time White House aide.

With 17% of the vote counted, Mikulski had 57% to 43% for Chavez.

The Senate race is only the nation’s second between two women. No woman Democrat has ever been elected to the Senate.

Mikulski, helped by the Democrats’ 3-1 edge in statewide voter registration, appeared headed toward victory in the race for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Republican Sen. Charles McC. Mathias.

In the House races, one-term Rep. Helen Bentley led Democratic challenger Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.), for the 2nd District.

In the 4th District, former Washington Bullets basketball player Tom McMillen, a Democrat, was in a tight battle against Republican state Delegate Robert Neall for the seat vacated by retiring Rep. Marjorie Holt.