Daniel K. Akaka won with 61.3% of the vote (210,330 votes), ahead of Cynthia Thielen with 36.8% (126,097 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.6 percentage points (84,233 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 24.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.0 points toward Republicans.
342,842 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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