Claiborne Pell won with 61.8% of the vote (225,105 votes), ahead of Claudine Schneider with 38.2% (138,947 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.7 percentage points (86,158 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 32.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
364,062 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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