Bob Packwood won with 52.1% of the vote (717,455 votes), ahead of Les Aucoin with 46.5% (639,851 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.6 percentage points (77,604 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.9 points toward Democrats.
1,376,033 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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