John H. Chaffee won with 54.6% of the vote (217,273 votes), ahead of Richard A. Licht with 45.4% (180,717 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.2 percentage points (36,556 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 54.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
397,990 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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