Richard C. Shelby won with 67.5% of the vote (1,242,200 votes), ahead of Wayne Sowell with 32.4% (595,018 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 35.2 percentage points (647,182 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 35.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.4 points toward Republicans.
1,839,066 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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