Jr. Paul S. Trible won with 51.2% of the vote (724,571 votes), ahead of Richard J. Davis with 48.8% (690,839 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.4 percentage points (33,732 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 2.0 points toward Republicans.
1,415,622 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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