Russell D. Feingold won with 52.6% of the vote (1,290,662 votes), ahead of Jr. Robert W. Kasten with 46.0% (1,129,599 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 6.6 percentage points (161,063 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 6.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.0 points toward Democrats.
2,455,124 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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