Dale Bumpers won with 59.1% of the vote (477,905 votes), ahead of Bill Clark with 40.9% (330,576 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.2 percentage points (147,329 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 18.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 42.0 points toward Republicans.
808,812 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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