Thomas A. Daschle won with 64.9% of the vote (217,095 votes), ahead of Charlene Haar with 32.5% (108,733 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 32.4 percentage points (108,362 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 32.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 39.7 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
334,495 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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