Bill Nelson won with 60.3% of the vote (2,890,548 votes), ahead of Katherine Harris with 38.1% (1,826,127 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 22.2 percentage points (1,064,421 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 22.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 23.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
4,793,534 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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