Herb Kohl won with 58.3% of the vote (912,662 votes), ahead of Robert T. Welch with 40.7% (636,989 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.6 percentage points (275,673 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 17.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.0 points toward Democrats.
1,565,628 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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