Howell Heflin won with 94.0% of the vote (547,054 votes), ahead of Jerome B. Couch with 6.0% (34,951 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 88.0 percentage points (512,103 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 94.0 points.
582,005 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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