Craig Thomas won with 58.9% of the vote (118,754 votes), ahead of Mike Sullivan with 39.3% (79,287 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 19.6 percentage points (39,467 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 19.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.3 points toward Democrats.
201,710 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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