Patrick J. Leahy won with 49.8% of the vote (104,176 votes), ahead of Stewart M. Ledbetter with 48.5% (101,421 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.3 percentage points (2,755 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 1.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
209,124 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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