Howell Heflin won with 60.6% of the vote (717,814 votes), ahead of Bill Cabaniss with 39.4% (467,190 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.1 percentage points (250,624 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 21.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.6 points toward Democrats.
1,185,154 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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