Jr. William V Roth won with 55.8% of the vote (111,074 votes), ahead of Charles M. Oberly with 42.5% (84,540 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.3 percentage points (26,534 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 40.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
199,000 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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