Olympia J. Snowe won with 60.2% of the vote (308,244 votes), ahead of Thomas H. Andrews with 36.4% (186,042 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.9 percentage points (122,202 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 23.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.2 points toward Republicans.
511,733 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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