Zell Miller won with 58.5% of the vote (1,413,224 votes), ahead of Mack F. Mattingly with 38.1% (920,478 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.4 percentage points (492,746 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 20.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 27.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,415,743 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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