George V Voinovich won with 63.8% of the vote (3,464,356 votes), ahead of Eric D. Fingerhut with 36.1% (1,961,171 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.7 percentage points (1,503,185 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 27.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.6 points toward Republicans.
5,425,823 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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