Mark O. Hatfield won with 53.7% of the vote (590,095 votes), ahead of Harry Lonsdale with 46.2% (507,743 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.5 percentage points (82,352 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.4 points toward Democrats.
1,099,255 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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