Jr. Lowell P. Weicker won with 57.7% of the vote (785,683 votes), ahead of Gloria Schaffer with 41.2% (561,018 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.5 percentage points (224,665 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.5 points.
1,361,666 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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