Olympia J. Snowe won with 74.4% of the vote (405,596 votes), ahead of Jean M. Hay Bright with 20.8% (113,131 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 53.7 percentage points (292,465 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 53.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 36.8 points toward Republicans.
545,128 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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