Don Nickles won with 66.4% of the vote (570,682 votes), ahead of Don E. Carroll with 31.3% (268,898 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 35.1 percentage points (301,784 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 35.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.5 points toward Republicans.
859,713 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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