Gordon Smith won with 56.2% of the vote (712,287 votes), ahead of Bill Bradbury with 39.6% (501,898 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.6 percentage points (210,389 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 43.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,267,221 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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