Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1974 Wyoming Secretary of State election
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thyra Thomson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 77,615 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 62.24% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Carroll </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47,098 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 37.77% </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 124,713 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100% </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How many percent of votes did Thyra Thomson defeat Charles Carroll with?
Answer:
The Secretary of State Thyra Thomson defeated Charles Carroll with 62.24% of the vote.