Patrick J. Leahy won with 54.2% of the vote (154,762 votes), ahead of James H. Douglas with 43.4% (123,854 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.8 percentage points (30,908 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 49.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
285,739 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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