Arlen Specter won with 52.6% of the vote (2,925,080 votes), ahead of Joseph M. Hoeffel with 42.0% (2,334,126 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.6 percentage points (590,954 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.7 points toward Republicans.
5,559,105 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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