Paul Laxalt won with 59.3% of the vote (144,224 votes), ahead of Mary Gojack with 37.9% (92,129 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.4 percentage points (52,095 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 21.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 53.0 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
243,273 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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