J. James Exon won with 58.9% of the vote (349,779 votes), ahead of Hal Daub with 40.9% (243,013 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.0 percentage points (106,766 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 18.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.9 points toward Democrats.
593,828 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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