George J. Mitchell won with 60.9% of the vote (279,819 votes), ahead of David F. Emery with 39.1% (179,882 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.7 percentage points (99,937 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 21.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 44.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
459,715 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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