John G. Tower won with 49.8% of the vote (1,151,376 votes), ahead of Robert Krueger with 49.3% (1,139,149 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.5 percentage points (12,227 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 0.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.1 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,312,540 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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