George J. Mitchell won with 81.3% of the vote (452,581 votes), ahead of Jasper S. Wyman with 18.7% (104,164 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 62.6 percentage points (348,417 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 62.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 110.1 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
556,745 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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