Robert F. Bennett won with 55.4% of the vote (420,069 votes), ahead of Wayne Owens with 39.7% (301,228 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.7 percentage points (118,841 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.7 points toward Democrats.
758,479 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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