Mike Johanns won with 57.5% of the vote (455,854 votes), ahead of Scott Kleeb with 40.1% (317,456 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.5 percentage points (138,398 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 17.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 45.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
792,511 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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