Ben Nelson won with 51.0% of the vote (353,093 votes), ahead of Don Stenberg with 48.8% (337,977 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.2 percentage points (15,116 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 2.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
692,350 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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