Larry Pressler won with 52.4% of the vote (135,682 votes), ahead of Ted Muenster with 45.1% (116,727 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.3 percentage points (18,955 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 10.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
258,976 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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