Lloyd Bentsen won with 58.6% of the vote (1,818,223 votes), ahead of Jim Collins with 40.5% (1,256,759 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.1 percentage points (561,464 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 18.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
3,103,167 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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