Daniel K. Akaka won with 72.7% of the vote (251,215 votes), ahead of John Carroll with 24.5% (84,701 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 48.2 percentage points (166,514 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 48.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.2 points toward Republicans.
345,623 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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