Fred Thompson won with 60.4% of the vote (885,998 votes), ahead of Jim Cooper with 38.6% (565,930 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 21.8 percentage points (320,068 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 21.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 59.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,465,862 votes were counted in this race, for 9 candidates or options.
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