Thad Cochran won with 60.9% of the vote (580,314 votes), ahead of William F. Winter with 39.1% (371,926 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.9 percentage points (208,388 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 21.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 50.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
952,240 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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