Howard M. Metzenbaum won with 49.5% of the vote (1,941,113 votes), ahead of Jr. Robert Taft with 46.5% (1,823,774 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.0 percentage points (117,339 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.0 points.
3,920,613 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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