Gordon J. Humphrey won with 58.8% of the vote (225,828 votes), ahead of Norman E. D'Amours with 41.0% (157,447 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.8 percentage points (68,381 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 17.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.5 points toward Republicans.
384,369 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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