John F. Kerry won with 52.2% of the vote (1,334,135 votes), ahead of William F. Weld with 44.7% (1,143,120 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.5 percentage points (191,015 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 7.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 9.6 points toward Republicans.
2,555,942 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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