E. Benjamin Nelson won with 63.9% of the vote (378,388 votes), ahead of Pete Ricketts with 36.1% (213,928 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.8 percentage points (164,460 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 27.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 95.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
592,316 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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