John F. Kerry won with 54.5% of the vote (1,321,712 votes), ahead of Jim Rappaport with 41.0% (992,917 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.6 percentage points (328,795 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 13.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.5 points toward Republicans.
2,424,579 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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