Byron L. Dorgan won with 68.3% of the vote (212,143 votes), ahead of Mike Liffrig with 31.7% (98,553 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 36.6 percentage points (113,590 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 36.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.8 points toward Democrats.
310,696 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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