Claiborne Deb. Pell won with 72.7% of the vote (285,811 votes), ahead of Barbara M. Leonard with 27.3% (107,545 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 45.3 percentage points (178,266 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 45.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 47.7 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
393,356 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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