Mitch McConnell won with 55.5% of the vote (724,794 votes), ahead of Steven L. Beshear with 42.9% (560,012 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.6 percentage points (164,782 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 12.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 39.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,307,046 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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