James J. Exon won with 67.7% of the vote (334,096 votes), ahead of Donald Eugene Shasten with 32.3% (159,706 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 35.3 percentage points (174,390 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 35.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.5 points toward Democrats.
493,802 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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