| Candidate | Party | State total | Percent, total |
| Cruz M Bustamante | Dem | 4,290,473 | 52.69% |
| Tim Leslie | Rep | 3,161,031 | 38.82% |
| George M McCoy | AI | 92,349 | 1.13% |
| Sara Amir | Grn | 247,897 | 3.04% |
| Thomas M Tryon | Lib | 167,523 | 2.06% |
| Jaime Luis Gomez | P&F | 109,888 | 1.35% |
| James J Mangia | Rfm | 74,180 | 0.91% |
| Eli Green | Write-in | 17 | 0.00% |
| Votes not Cast in Race | NA | 477,780 | 5.54% |
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