Trent Lott won with 53.9% of the vote (510,380 votes), ahead of Wayne Dowdy with 46.1% (436,339 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.8 percentage points (74,041 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.1 points toward Democrats.
946,719 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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