Jim Sasser won with 65.1% of the vote (1,020,061 votes), ahead of Bill Andersen with 34.5% (541,033 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 30.6 percentage points (479,028 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 30.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.6 points toward Democrats.
1,567,181 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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