Howard H. Baker won with 55.5% of the vote (642,644 votes), ahead of Jane Eskind with 40.3% (466,228 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.2 percentage points (176,416 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,157,094 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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