Dale Bumpers won with 62.3% of the vote (433,122 votes), ahead of Asa Hutchinson with 37.7% (262,313 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.6 percentage points (170,809 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 24.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 9.9 points toward Democrats.
695,487 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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