Wendell H. Ford won with 62.9% of the vote (836,888 votes), ahead of David L. Williams with 35.8% (476,604 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.1 percentage points (360,284 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 27.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 31.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,330,858 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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