Patty Murray won with 55.0% of the vote (1,549,708 votes), ahead of George R. Nethercutt with 42.7% (1,204,584 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.2 percentage points (345,124 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 12.2 points toward Democrats.
2,818,651 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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