Jeff Sessions won with 58.6% of the vote (792,561 votes), ahead of Susan Parker with 39.8% (538,878 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.7 percentage points (253,683 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 18.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.8 points toward Democrats.
1,353,023 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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