Kay Bailey Hutchison won with 65.1% of the vote (4,078,954 votes), ahead of Gene Kelly with 32.3% (2,025,024 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 32.8 percentage points (2,053,930 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 32.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 21.9 points toward Republicans.
6,267,964 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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