Richard J. Durbin won with 67.8% of the vote (3,615,844 votes), ahead of Steve Sauerberg with 28.5% (1,520,621 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 39.3 percentage points (2,095,223 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 39.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.6 points toward Republicans.
5,329,884 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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