Lamar Alexander won with 54.3% of the vote (891,498 votes), ahead of Bob Clement with 44.3% (728,232 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.9 percentage points (163,266 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 22.9 points toward Democrats.
1,642,432 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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