Lloyd Bentsen won with 56.8% of the vote (2,199,956 votes), ahead of Alan Steelman with 42.2% (1,636,370 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.5 percentage points (563,586 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 14.5 points.
3,874,230 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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