Howard M. Metzenbaum won with 56.7% of the vote (1,923,767 votes), ahead of Paul E. Pfeifer with 41.1% (1,396,790 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.5 percentage points (526,977 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 15.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 25.0 points toward Republicans.
3,395,463 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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