Jeff Bingaman won with 61.7% of the vote (363,744 votes), ahead of Bill Redmond with 38.3% (225,517 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.4 percentage points (138,227 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 58.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
589,526 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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