Phil Gramm won with 60.2% of the vote (2,302,357 votes), ahead of Hugh Parmer with 37.4% (1,429,986 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.8 percentage points (872,371 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 22.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 42.0 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
3,822,157 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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