Arlen Specter won with 56.4% of the vote (1,906,537 votes), ahead of Bob Edgar with 42.9% (1,448,219 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.6 percentage points (458,318 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.5 points toward Democrats.
3,378,226 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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