James H. \Jim\ won with 49.6% of the vote (1,175,606 votes), ahead of George Allen with 49.2% (1,166,277 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.4 percentage points (9,329 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 0.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 83.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,370,445 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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