Kent Conrad won with 58.0% of the vote (137,157 votes), ahead of Ben Clayburgh with 42.0% (99,390 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.0 percentage points (37,767 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 16.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.2 points toward Republicans.
236,547 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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