Wayne Allard won with 51.4% of the vote (750,315 votes), ahead of Tom Strickland with 45.7% (667,600 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.7 percentage points (82,715 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,459,601 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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