Jeff Bingaman won with 70.6% of the vote (394,365 votes), ahead of Allen W. McCulloch with 29.3% (163,826 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 41.3 percentage points (230,539 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 41.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 71.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
558,550 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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