Conrad Burns won with 51.9% of the vote (189,445 votes), ahead of John Melcher with 48.1% (175,809 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.7 percentage points (13,636 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
365,254 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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