Quentin N. Burdick won with 62.1% of the vote (175,772 votes), ahead of Robert Stroup with 36.5% (103,466 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 25.5 percentage points (72,306 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 25.5 points.
283,062 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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