Jeremiah Denton won with 50.2% of the vote (650,362 votes), ahead of Jim Folsom Jr. with 47.0% (610,175 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.1 percentage points (40,187 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 97.1 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,296,757 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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