Mark Begich won with 47.8% of the vote (151,767 votes), ahead of Ted Stevens with 46.5% (147,814 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.2 percentage points (3,953 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 1.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
317,723 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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