Fred Thompson won with 61.4% of the vote (1,091,554 votes), ahead of Houston Gordon with 36.8% (654,937 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.5 percentage points (436,617 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 24.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 10.3 points toward Republicans.
1,778,664 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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