Russell B. Long won with 57.6% of the vote (484,770 votes), ahead of Louis Woody Jenkins with 38.8% (325,922 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.9 percentage points (158,848 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 93.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.5 points toward Republicans.
841,013 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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