John C. Stennis won with 64.2% of the vote (414,099 votes), ahead of Haley Barbour with 35.8% (230,927 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.4 percentage points (183,172 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 28.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 41.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
645,026 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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