Patrick J. Leahy won with 72.2% of the vote (154,567 votes), ahead of Fred H. Tuttle with 22.4% (48,051 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 49.8 percentage points (106,516 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 49.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 59.5 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
214,036 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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