Brock Adams won with 50.7% of the vote (677,471 votes), ahead of Slade Gorton with 48.7% (650,931 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.0 percentage points (26,540 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 2.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 42.7 points toward Republicans.
1,337,367 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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