Larry Pressler won with 74.5% of the vote (235,176 votes), ahead of George V Cunningham with 25.5% (80,537 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 49.0 percentage points (154,639 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 49.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.2 points toward Republicans.
315,713 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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