Quentin N. Burdick won with 62.8% of the vote (164,873 votes), ahead of Gene Knorr with 34.0% (89,304 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.8 percentage points (75,569 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 28.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.2 points toward Democrats.
262,465 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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