Warren Rudman won with 52.1% of the vote (195,559 votes), ahead of John A. Durkin with 47.9% (179,455 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.3 percentage points (16,104 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 4.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.1 points toward Republicans.
375,060 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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