Charles S. Robb won with 71.3% of the vote (1,474,086 votes), ahead of Maurice A. Dawkins with 28.7% (593,652 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 42.6 percentage points (880,434 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 42.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 82.7 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,068,897 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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