Jeff Sessions won with 52.5% of the vote (786,436 votes), ahead of Roger Bedford with 45.5% (681,651 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.0 percentage points (104,785 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 7.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 38.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,499,393 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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