Mitch McConnell won with 49.9% of the vote (644,990 votes), ahead of Walter Huddleston with 49.5% (639,721 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.4 percentage points (5,269 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 0.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,292,407 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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