Paula Hawkins won with 51.7% of the vote (1,822,460 votes), ahead of Bill Gunter with 48.3% (1,705,409 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.3 percentage points (117,051 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
3,528,028 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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