John McCain won with 55.8% of the vote (771,395 votes), ahead of Claire Sargent with 31.6% (436,321 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.2 percentage points (335,074 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 24.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 39.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,382,051 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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