Richard J. Durbin won with 60.3% of the vote (2,103,766 votes), ahead of Jim Durkin with 38.0% (1,325,703 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.3 percentage points (778,063 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 25.2 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
3,486,851 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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