Arlen Specter won with 49.1% of the vote (2,358,125 votes), ahead of Lynn Yeakel with 46.3% (2,224,966 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.8 percentage points (133,159 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 2.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 31.2 points toward Democrats.
4,802,410 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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