James Abdnor won with 58.2% of the vote (190,594 votes), ahead of George McGovern with 39.4% (129,018 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.8 percentage points (61,576 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 18.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.9 points toward Democrats.
327,478 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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