DEMOCRATS Edmund S. Muskie received 46.4% of the vote George S. McGovern received 37.1% of the vote Sam Yorty received 6.1% of the vote Wilbur Mills received 4.0% of the vote Vance Hartke received 2.7% of the vote Others received the remaining 4.0% REPUBLICANS Richard M. Nixon received 77.6% of the vote Paul N. McCloskey received 19.8% of the vote John M. Ashbrook received 9.7% of the vote Others received the remaining 2.9%