Charles E. Schumer won with 64.0% of the vote (4,769,824 votes), ahead of Howard Mills with 21.8% (1,625,069 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 42.2 percentage points (3,144,755 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 42.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.3 points toward Democrats.
7,447,818 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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