Jeff Bingaman won with 63.3% of the vote (321,983 votes), ahead of Bill Valentine with 36.7% (186,579 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.6 percentage points (135,404 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 26.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 70.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
508,598 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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