Harry Reid won with 61.1% of the vote (494,805 votes), ahead of Richard Ziser with 35.1% (284,640 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 25.9 percentage points (210,165 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 25.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 41.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
810,068 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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