Paul Coverdell won with 50.6% of the vote (635,114 votes), ahead of Jr. Wyche Fowler with 49.4% (618,877 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.3 percentage points (16,237 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 101.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,253,991 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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