Charles E. Schumer won with 51.1% of the vote (2,551,065 votes), ahead of Alfonse D'Amato with 41.3% (2,058,988 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.9 percentage points (492,077 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.5 points toward Republicans.
4,989,877 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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