Richard J. Durbin won with 56.1% of the vote (2,384,028 votes), ahead of Al Salvi with 40.7% (1,728,824 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.4 percentage points (655,204 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 15.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.2 points toward Democrats.
4,250,722 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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