Herbert H. Kohl won with 52.1% of the vote (1,128,625 votes), ahead of Susan Engeleiter with 47.5% (1,030,440 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.5 percentage points (98,185 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 4.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,168,190 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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