Quentin N. Burdick won with 59.4% of the vote (171,899 votes), ahead of Earl Strinden with 39.1% (112,937 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.4 percentage points (58,962 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 20.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.7 points toward Democrats.
289,170 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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