Don Nickles won with 53.5% of the vote (587,252 votes), ahead of Andy Coats with 43.5% (478,283 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.9 percentage points (108,969 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 42.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,098,294 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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