Edward M. Kennedy won with 60.8% of the vote (1,247,084 votes), ahead of Ray Shamie with 38.3% (784,602 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.6 percentage points (462,482 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 12.3 points toward Democrats.
2,050,769 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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