John Heinz won with 59.3% of the vote (2,136,418 votes), ahead of Cyril H. Wecht with 39.2% (1,412,965 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.1 percentage points (723,453 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 20.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.6 points toward Republicans.
3,604,108 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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