Dale Bumpers won with 60.2% of the vote (553,635 votes), ahead of Mike Huckabee with 39.8% (366,373 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.4 percentage points (187,262 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 20.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 79.5 points toward Republicans.
920,008 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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