Carl Levin won with 57.5% of the vote (1,471,753 votes), ahead of Bill Schuette with 41.2% (1,055,695 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.2 percentage points (416,058 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 16.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.7 points toward Republicans.
2,560,494 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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