Robert G. Torricelli won with 52.7% of the vote (1,519,154 votes), ahead of Dick Zimmer with 42.6% (1,227,351 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.1 percentage points (291,803 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.8 points toward Democrats.
2,883,466 votes were counted in this race, for 9 candidates or options.
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