Michael Howlett
Election history

Michael Howlett

Section Title: Election history
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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Republican	James R. Thompson	3,000,395	64.68	+15.66

Democratic	Michael Howlett	1,610,258	34.71	15.97

Libertarian	F. Joseph McCaffrey	7,552	0.16

Communist Party (US)	Ishmael Flory	10,091	0.22	+0.12

Others	10,375	0.23

Majority	1,390,137	29.93

Turnout	4,638,671

Republican gain from Democratic	Swing

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Thompson was the first candidate to receive 3,000,395 votes.

final_sentence: Thompson was the first candidate to receive 3,000,395 votes.