Christopher J. Dodd won with 64.8% of the vote (632,695 votes), ahead of Roger W. Eddy with 34.9% (340,438 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 29.9 percentage points (292,257 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 29.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 34.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
976,933 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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