Bob Smith won with 49.3% of the vote (242,257 votes), ahead of Dick Swett with 46.2% (227,355 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.0 percentage points (14,902 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 0.2 points toward Republicans.
491,873 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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