Orrin G. Hatch won with 65.6% of the vote (504,803 votes), ahead of Scott N. Howell with 31.5% (242,569 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 34.1 percentage points (262,234 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 34.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.1 points toward Republicans.
769,704 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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