Trent Lott won with 68.8% of the vote (418,333 votes), ahead of Ken Harper with 31.2% (189,752 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.6 percentage points (228,581 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 37.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 62.4 points toward Democrats.
608,085 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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