Patrick Leahy won with 63.2% of the vote (124,123 votes), ahead of Dick Snelling with 34.5% (67,798 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.7 percentage points (56,325 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 28.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 31.7 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
196,532 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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