Thad Cochran won with 71.0% of the vote (624,154 votes), ahead of James W. Hunt with 27.4% (240,647 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 43.6 percentage points (383,507 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 43.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.1 points toward Republicans.
878,662 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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