Bob Dole won with 63.8% of the vote (598,686 votes), ahead of John Simpson with 36.2% (340,271 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.5 percentage points (258,415 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 27.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.1 points toward Republicans.
938,957 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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