Blanche Lambert Lincoln won with 55.1% of the vote (385,878 votes), ahead of Fay Boozman with 42.2% (295,870 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.8 percentage points (90,008 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
700,831 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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