| Candidate | Party | State total | Percent, party | Percent, total |
| Cruz M Bustamante | Dem | 1899566 | 73.14% | 33.99% |
| Tony Miller | Dem | 473848 | 18.25% | 8.48% |
| Larry K Reed | Dem | 223631 | 8.61% | 4.00% |
| Noel Irwin Hentschel | Rep | 725661 | 28.91% | 12.98% |
| Tim Leslie | Rep | 898831 | 35.81% | 16.08% |
| Ingrid Lundberg | Rep | 233403 | 9.30% | 4.18% |
| Richard 'Dick' Mountjoy | Rep | 651780 | 25.97% | 11.66% |
| George M McCoy | AI | 40376 | 100.00% | 0.72% |
| Sara Amir | Grn | 151408 | 100.00% | 2.71% |
| Thomas M Tryon | Lib | 107226 | 100.00% | 1.92% |
| Jaime Luis Gomez | P&F | 75760 | 53.68% | 1.36% |
| Regina Lark | P&F | 65368 | 46.32% | 1.17% |
| James J Mangia | Rfm | 42383 | 100.00% | 0.76% |
| Votes not Cast in Race | NA | 617377 | NA | 9.95% |
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