David Pryor won with 57.3% of the vote (502,341 votes), ahead of Ed Bethune with 42.6% (373,615 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.7 percentage points (128,726 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 14.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.5 points toward Republicans.
875,956 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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