J. Robert Kerrey won with 54.8% of the vote (317,297 votes), ahead of Jan Stoney with 45.0% (260,668 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.8 percentage points (56,629 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.2 points toward Republicans.
579,205 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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