Daniel K. Akaka won with 71.8% of the vote (256,189 votes), ahead of Maria M. Hustace with 24.2% (86,320 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 47.6 percentage points (169,869 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 47.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.3 points toward Democrats.
356,902 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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