Patrick J. Leahy won with 70.6% of the vote (216,972 votes), ahead of Jack McMullen with 24.5% (75,398 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 46.1 percentage points (141,574 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 46.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 86.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
307,208 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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