Phil Gramm won with 54.8% of the vote (3,027,680 votes), ahead of Victor M. Morales with 43.9% (2,428,776 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.8 percentage points (598,904 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.7 points toward Democrats.
5,527,441 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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