Wendell H. Ford won with 74.4% of the vote (503,775 votes), ahead of Jackson M. Andrews with 25.6% (173,330 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 48.8 percentage points (330,445 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 48.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 49.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
677,280 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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