John F. Kerry won with 63.6% of the vote (1,971,974 votes), ahead of Jeffrey K. Beatty with 29.8% (926,044 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 33.7 percentage points (1,045,930 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 33.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.7 points toward Republicans.
3,102,995 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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