Steve Symms won with 51.6% of the vote (196,958 votes), ahead of John V Evans with 48.4% (185,066 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.1 percentage points (11,892 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 43.1 points toward Democrats.
382,024 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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