Carol Moseley-Braun won with 53.3% of the vote (2,631,229 votes), ahead of Richard S. Williamson with 43.1% (2,126,833 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.2 percentage points (504,396 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.9 points toward Republicans.
4,939,558 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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