Richard H. Bryan won with 51.3% of the vote (175,548 votes), ahead of Chic Hecht with 47.1% (161,336 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.2 percentage points (14,212 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 4.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.3 points toward Republicans.
342,407 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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