Pete V Domenici won with 72.9% of the vote (296,712 votes), ahead of Tom R. Benavides with 27.0% (110,033 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 45.9 percentage points (186,679 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 45.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 72.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
406,938 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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