Robert W. Kasten Jr. won with 50.9% of the vote (754,573 votes), ahead of Edward R. Garvey with 47.4% (702,963 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.5 percentage points (51,610 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 33.0 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,483,174 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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