Phil Gramm won with 58.5% of the vote (3,111,348 votes), ahead of Lloyd Doggett with 41.5% (2,202,557 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.1 percentage points (908,791 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 17.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 35.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
5,314,178 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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