William S. Cohen won with 56.6% of the vote (212,294 votes), ahead of William D. Hathaway with 33.9% (127,327 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.7 percentage points (84,967 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 22.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 43.1 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
375,114 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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