Gary Hart won with 50.3% of the vote (590,501 votes), ahead of Mary Estill Buchanan with 48.7% (571,295 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.6 percentage points (19,206 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 1.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,173,142 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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