Dave Durenberger won with 56.2% of the vote (1,176,210 votes), ahead of Hubert H. \Skip\ with 40.9% (856,694 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.3 percentage points (319,516 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.5 points toward Democrats.
2,093,953 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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