Chuck Hagel won with 57.4% of the vote (379,933 votes), ahead of Ben Nelson with 42.6% (281,904 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.8 percentage points (98,029 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 14.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 24.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
661,837 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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