Jeff Bingaman won with 54.0% of the vote (249,989 votes), ahead of Colin R. McMillan with 46.0% (213,025 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.0 percentage points (36,964 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 8.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 53.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
463,196 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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