John Ensign won with 55.4% of the vote (322,501 votes), ahead of Jack Carter with 41.0% (238,796 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.4 percentage points (83,705 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 14.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 40.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
582,572 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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