Alan J. Dixon won with 56.0% of the vote (2,565,302 votes), ahead of David C. O'Neal with 42.5% (1,946,296 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.5 percentage points (619,006 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 13.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 21.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
4,580,029 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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