Craig Thomas won with 68.9% of the vote (135,174 votes), ahead of Dale Groutage with 29.4% (57,671 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 39.5 percentage points (77,503 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 39.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.4 points toward Democrats.
196,155 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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