Jeff Bingaman won with 53.8% of the vote (217,682 votes), ahead of Harrison H. Schmitt with 46.2% (187,128 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.5 percentage points (30,554 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 7.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
404,810 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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