Patrick J. Leahy won with 64.3% of the vote (151,281 votes), ahead of Len Britton with 30.9% (72,699 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 33.4 percentage points (78,582 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 33.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 65.8 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
235,178 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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