Byron L. Dorgan won with 59.0% of the vote (179,347 votes), ahead of Steve Sydness with 38.9% (118,162 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 20.1 percentage points (61,185 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 20.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 0.3 points toward Republicans.
303,957 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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