Barry Goldwater won with 49.5% of the vote (432,371 votes), ahead of Bill Schulz with 48.4% (422,972 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.1 percentage points (9,399 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
874,238 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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