Dennis Deconcini won with 56.7% of the vote (660,403 votes), ahead of Keith Degreen with 41.0% (478,060 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.7 percentage points (182,343 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 15.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 36.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,164,539 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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