Frank R. Lautenberg won with 53.9% of the vote (1,138,193 votes), ahead of Douglas R. Forrester with 44.0% (928,439 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.9 percentage points (209,754 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.9 points toward Democrats.
2,112,604 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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