Richard C. Shelby won with 63.2% of the vote (817,973 votes), ahead of Clayton Suddith with 36.7% (474,568 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.6 percentage points (343,405 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 26.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 19.6 points toward Republicans.
1,293,405 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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