Bob Packwood won with 52.1% of the vote (594,290 votes), ahead of Ted Kulongoski with 44.0% (501,963 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.1 percentage points (92,327 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 8.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.3 points toward Democrats.
1,140,494 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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