John W. Warner won with 52.5% of the vote (1,235,744 votes), ahead of Mark R. Warner with 47.4% (1,115,982 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.1 percentage points (119,762 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.8 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,354,715 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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