Roger W. Jepsen won with 51.1% of the vote (421,598 votes), ahead of Dick Clark with 47.9% (395,066 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.2 percentage points (26,532 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.2 points.
824,576 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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