Albert Gore Jr. won with 67.7% of the vote (530,898 votes), ahead of William R. Hawkins with 29.8% (233,703 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.9 percentage points (297,195 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 37.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.3 points toward Democrats.
783,922 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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