Bob Kerrey won with 56.7% of the vote (378,717 votes), ahead of Dave Karnes with 41.7% (278,250 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.0 percentage points (100,467 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 15.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.1 points toward Democrats.
667,860 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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