Harry Reid won with 50.0% of the vote (130,955 votes), ahead of Jim Santini with 44.5% (116,606 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.5 percentage points (14,349 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 5.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
261,932 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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