Alan K. Simpson won with 63.9% of the vote (100,784 votes), ahead of Kathy Helling with 36.1% (56,848 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.9 percentage points (43,936 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 27.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 27.1 points toward Republicans.
157,632 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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