Arlen Specter won with 61.3% of the vote (1,814,180 votes), ahead of Bill Lloyd with 34.8% (1,028,839 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.6 percentage points (785,341 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 24.1 points toward Republicans.
2,957,499 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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