Paul Wellstone won with 50.3% of the vote (1,098,430 votes), ahead of Rudy Boschwitz with 41.3% (901,194 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.0 percentage points (197,236 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,182,905 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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