John McCain won with 60.5% of the vote (521,850 votes), ahead of Richard Kimball with 39.5% (340,965 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.0 percentage points (180,885 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 21.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 37.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
862,921 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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