Lloyd Bentsen won with 59.2% of the vote (3,149,806 votes), ahead of Beau Boulter with 40.0% (2,129,228 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 19.2 percentage points (1,020,578 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 19.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 36.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
5,323,606 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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