Jim Sasser won with 61.9% of the vote (780,113 votes), ahead of Robin Beard with 38.1% (479,642 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.9 percentage points (300,471 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 39.1 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,259,785 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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