Angus King won with 51.1% of the vote (370,580 votes), ahead of Jr. Charles E. Summers with 29.7% (215,399 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.4 percentage points (155,181 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.8 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
724,720 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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