Bill Bradley won with 55.3% of the vote (1,082,960 votes), ahead of Jeffrey Bell with 43.1% (844,200 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.2 percentage points (238,760 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 10.4 points toward Republicans.
1,957,515 votes were counted in this race, for 11 candidates or options.
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