John Melcher won with 54.5% of the vote (174,861 votes), ahead of Larry Williams with 41.7% (133,789 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.8 percentage points (41,072 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.4 points toward Democrats.
321,062 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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