Olympia J. Snowe won with 68.9% of the vote (437,689 votes), ahead of Mark W. Lawrence with 31.1% (197,183 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.9 percentage points (240,506 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 37.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 32.6 points toward Republicans.
634,872 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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