Slade Gorton won with 55.7% of the vote (947,821 votes), ahead of Ron Sims with 44.3% (752,352 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.5 percentage points (195,469 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 11.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,700,173 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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