Frank R. Lautenberg won with 56.0% of the vote (1,951,218 votes), ahead of Dick Zimmer with 42.0% (1,461,025 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.1 percentage points (490,193 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 14.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.1 points toward Democrats.
3,482,445 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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