Lincoln D. Chafee won with 56.9% of the vote (222,588 votes), ahead of Robert A. Weygand with 41.1% (161,023 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.7 percentage points (61,565 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 44.1 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
391,353 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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