John F. Kerry won with 55.1% of the vote (1,393,150 votes), ahead of Raymond Shamie with 44.9% (1,136,913 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.1 percentage points (256,237 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 12.4 points toward Republicans.
2,530,471 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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