Hubert H. Humphrey won with 67.5% of the vote (1,290,736 votes), ahead of Jerry Brekke with 25.0% (478,602 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 42.5 percentage points (812,134 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 42.5 points.
1,912,020 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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