Frank H. Murkowski won with 74.5% of the vote (165,227 votes), ahead of Joseph A. \Joe\ with 19.7% (43,743 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 54.8 percentage points (121,484 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 54.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.6 points toward Democrats.
221,807 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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