Charles H. Perey won with 53.3% of the vote (1,698,711 votes), ahead of Alex Smith with 45.5% (1,448,187 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.9 percentage points (250,524 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.9 points.
3,184,764 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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