Blanche L. Lincoln won with 55.9% of the vote (580,973 votes), ahead of Jim Holt with 44.1% (458,036 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.8 percentage points (122,937 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 11.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.0 points toward Democrats.
1,039,349 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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