Trent Lott won with 63.6% of the vote (388,399 votes), ahead of Erik R. Fleming with 34.9% (213,000 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.7 percentage points (175,399 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 28.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 55.9 points toward Democrats.
610,921 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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