James M. Jeffords won with 65.6% of the vote (189,133 votes), ahead of Ed Flanagan with 25.4% (73,352 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 40.1 percentage points (115,781 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 40.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 89.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
288,500 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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