Kent Conrad won with 61.4% of the vote (176,470 votes), ahead of Duane Sand with 38.6% (111,069 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.7 percentage points (65,401 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.3 points toward Republicans.
287,539 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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