John Ensign won with 56.1% of the vote (330,687 votes), ahead of Ed Bernstein with 40.4% (238,260 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.7 percentage points (92,427 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 15.8 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
589,204 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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