Robert C. Byrd won with 77.0% of the vote (159,154 votes), ahead of John R. Raese with 22.9% (47,408 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 54.1 percentage points (111,746 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 54.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 27.9 points toward Democrats.
206,562 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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