Jack Reed won with 78.4% of the vote (253,774 votes), ahead of Robert G. Tingle with 21.6% (69,808 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 56.9 percentage points (183,966 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 56.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 72.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
323,582 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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