Steve Symms won with 49.7% of the vote (218,701 votes), ahead of Frank Church with 48.8% (214,439 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.0 percentage points (4,262 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 35.9 points toward Democrats.
439,647 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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