David Durenberger won with 61.5% of the vote (957,908 votes), ahead of Bob Short with 34.6% (538,675 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.9 percentage points (419,233 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 26.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 69.4 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,558,376 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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