John C. Danforth won with 67.7% of the vote (1,407,416 votes), ahead of Jeremiah W. Nixon with 31.8% (660,045 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 36.0 percentage points (747,371 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 36.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.7 points toward Republicans.
2,078,875 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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