Gordon Smith won with 49.8% of the vote (677,336 votes), ahead of Tom Bruggere with 45.9% (624,370 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.9 percentage points (52,966 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.7 points toward Democrats.
1,360,230 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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