James M. Jeffords won with 68.0% of the vote (163,183 votes), ahead of Bill Gray with 29.8% (71,460 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 38.2 percentage points (91,723 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 38.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 66.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
240,108 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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