Frank R. Lautenberg won with 50.3% of the vote (1,033,487 votes), ahead of Garabed \Chuck\ with 47.0% (966,244 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.3 percentage points (67,243 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 0.2 points toward Democrats.
2,054,887 votes were counted in this race, for 9 candidates or options.
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