Christopher J. Dodd won with 66.4% of the vote (945,347 votes), ahead of Jack C. Orchulli with 32.1% (457,749 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 34.2 percentage points (487,598 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 34.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.2 points toward Democrats.
1,424,726 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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