Kay Hagan won with 52.7% of the vote (2,249,311 votes), ahead of Elizabeth Dole with 44.2% (1,887,510 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.5 percentage points (361,801 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 8.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.0 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
4,271,970 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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