Jim Bunning won with 49.7% of the vote (569,817 votes), ahead of Scotty Baesler with 49.2% (563,051 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.6 percentage points (6,766 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 0.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 12.0 points toward Democrats.
1,145,414 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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