Rudolph E. Boschwitz won with 56.6% of the vote (894,092 votes), ahead of Wendell Anderson with 40.4% (638,375 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.2 percentage points (255,717 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 58.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,580,622 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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