Chic Hecht won with 51.2% of the vote (120,377 votes), ahead of Howard Cannon with 48.8% (114,720 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.4 percentage points (5,657 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 2.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.0 points toward Democrats.
235,097 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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