Edward M. Kennedy won with 69.3% of the vote (1,726,657 votes), ahead of Michael S. Robertson with 29.0% (722,641 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 40.3 percentage points (1,004,016 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 40.3 points.
2,491,255 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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