John H. Chafee won with 64.5% of the vote (222,856 votes), ahead of Linda J. Kushner with 35.5% (122,532 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 29.0 percentage points (100,324 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 29.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 52.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
345,388 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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