Mitch McConnell won with 52.2% of the vote (478,034 votes), ahead of G. Harvey Sloane with 47.8% (437,976 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.4 percentage points (40,058 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 4.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 53.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
916,010 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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