Saxby Chambliss won with 52.7% of the vote (1,071,352 votes), ahead of Max Cleland with 45.9% (932,422 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 6.8 percentage points (138,930 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 6.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 27.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,031,604 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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