Thad Cochran won with 45.3% of the vote (267,302 votes), ahead of Maurice Dantin with 31.8% (187,541 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.5 percentage points (79,761 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 113.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
590,236 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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