Frank H. Murkowski won with 53.7% of the vote (84,159 votes), ahead of Clark S. Gruening with 45.9% (72,007 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.8 percentage points (12,152 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 43.7 points toward Democrats.
156,762 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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