Frank H. Murkowski won with 53.0% of the vote (127,163 votes), ahead of Tony Smith with 38.4% (92,065 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.6 percentage points (35,098 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 14.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.4 points toward Democrats.
239,714 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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