Tim Johnson won with 51.3% of the vote (166,533 votes), ahead of Larry Pressler with 48.7% (157,954 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.6 percentage points (8,579 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 2.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.8 points toward Republicans.
324,487 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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