Ernest F. Hollings won with 50.1% of the vote (591,030 votes), ahead of Tommy Hartnett with 47.0% (554,175 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.1 percentage points (36,855 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 34.8 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,180,438 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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