Malcolm Wallop won with 50.4% of the vote (91,143 votes), ahead of John P. Vinich with 49.6% (89,821 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.7 percentage points (1,322 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 0.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 55.9 points toward Democrats.
180,964 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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