Howard M. Metzenbaum won with 57.0% of the vote (2,480,038 votes), ahead of George V Voinovich with 43.0% (1,872,716 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.0 percentage points (607,322 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 14.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.0 points toward Republicans.
4,352,905 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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