Don Nickles won with 55.2% of the vote (493,436 votes), ahead of James R. Jones with 44.8% (400,230 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.4 percentage points (93,206 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 62.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
893,666 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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