Jim Bunning won with 50.7% of the vote (873,507 votes), ahead of Daniel Mongiardo with 49.3% (850,855 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.3 percentage points (22,652 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 28.0 points toward Democrats.
1,724,362 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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