Lindsey O. Graham won with 54.4% of the vote (600,010 votes), ahead of Alex Sanders with 44.2% (487,359 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.2 percentage points (112,651 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,102,912 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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