Edward M. Kennedy won with 66.9% of the vote (1,500,738 votes), ahead of Kenneth G. Chase with 29.5% (661,532 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.4 percentage points (839,206 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 37.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 34.9 points toward Republicans.
2,243,835 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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